Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Lyons Otway Pearson CB (1831–30 May 1890) was Assistant Commissioner (Executive) of the London Metropolitan Police from 1881 to 1890.
Pearson was the son of Henry Shepherd Pearson and Caroline Lyons. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards. During the Crimean War (1854–1855), he served as ADC to General Sir George Brown, and was present at Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol.
In 1856, Pearson married Laura Elizabeth Frederica Markham. They had two sons: Charles Lyons Markham Pearson and Richard Frederick Sydney Pearson
Pearson retired from the army in 1864 with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1881 he was appointed Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. In June 1887, he was made a Companion of the Bath (CB). He was also a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex. He died after a prolonged illness while still serving.
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| Preceded by William C. Harris |
Assistant Commissioner (Executive), Metropolitan Police 1881–1890 |
Succeeded by Charles Howard |
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| Name | Pearson, Richard |
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| Date of birth | 1831 |
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| Date of death | 1890 |
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Famous quotes containing the words richard and/or pearson:
“Stay on the beach. The natives over there are cannibals. They eat liars with the same enthusiasm as they eat honest men.”
—Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Captain Nemo (James Mason)
“Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.”
—Hesketh Pearson (1887–1964)