British former army officer who served as first joint Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service alongside Richard Mayne, organizing the force's structure of divisions, sections and beats and enforcing its early standards of discipline.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own accountBirth year approximate (circa); the subject's own infobox gives it as c. 1782, with no exact date recorded. Death YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account NationalitySourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountCo-founded and organized the operational structure of the Metropolitan Police Service as its first joint Commissioner. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Rowan was first joint Commissioner alongside Robert Peel's appointee Richard Mayne, and organized the force's actual day-to-day operational structure.
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