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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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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 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 RoleSourced to the subject's own account Charles Rowan
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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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an officer in the British Army, serving in the Peninsular War and Waterloo and the joint first Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
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Rowan did, however, insist that his men were drilled and laid down the highest standards of conduct.
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c. 1782
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(1852-05-08) 8 May 1852
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c. 1782 County Antrim
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an officer in the British Army, serving in the Peninsular War and Waterloo and the joint first Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
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