Joseph Simpson

Joseph Simpson

Sir Joseph Simpson, KBE, KPFSM (26 June 1909 – 20 March 1968), commonly known as Joe Simpson to his men, was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the head of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1958 to 1968. He was the first Commissioner who began his police career as an ordinary Constable.

Read more about Joseph Simpson:  Early Life, Education and Sporting Career, Early Police Career, Provincial Police Career, Return To The Metropolitan Police, Commissioner, Death, Family

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    In my grandmother’s house there was always chicken soup
    And talk of the old country—mud and boards,
    Poverty,
    The snow falling down and necks of lovers.
    —Louis Simpson (b. 1923)