Wilfred Trubshaw

Wilfred Trubshaw CBE (15 June 1870^[1] – 21 December 1944) was a British solicitor and police officer who served as Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary from 1927 to 1935.

Wilfred Trubshaw CBE
Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary
In office 5 May 1927 – 31 August 1935
Assistant Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary
In office 1917 – 5 May 1927
Personal details
Born	(1870-06-15)15 June 1870 Mold, Flintshire, Wales
Died	21 December 1944(1944-12-21) (aged 74) Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, Wales

Trubshaw was born in Mold, Flintshire, Wales,^[2] the eldest son of surgeon Alfred Trubshaw, and came from a wealthy Staffordshire family. He was Assistant Solicitor to Lancashire County Council until 1915, when he joined Lancashire County Constabulary as Deputy Chief Constable. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable^[3] in 1917 and was appointed Chief Constable on 5 May 1927.^[4] He retired on 31 August 1935 due to problems with his eyesight.^[5]

Trubshaw was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours^[6] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1931 Birthday Honours.^[7]

He married Bessie André Perkins, a writer of short stories, in Wales in 1904.^[8][9] He died in Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, Wales, aged 74.^[10]