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Metropolitan
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1828 + 1829 1830 + 1831 1832 1833 + 1834 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 1841 1842 +1843 +1844  1845
Home Secretary's Metropolitan Commission Lord Chancellor's Metropolitan Commission Inquiry Commission Lunacy Commission
Dr Turner 1830 + 1831 1832 1833 + 1834 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 1841 Dr Turner 1845
Dr Bright 1830 + 1831 1832 1833 + 1834 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 1841 Dr Bright  
Dr Hume 1830 + 1831 1832 1833 + 1834 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 1841 Dr Hume 1845
Dr Southey 1830 + 1831 1832 1833 + 1834 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 1841 Dr Southey 1845
Dr Drever Dr Seymour 1832 1833 + 1834 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 Dr Hewett Dr Waterfield Dr Waterfield  
                  Dr Hawkins  
                  Dr Prichard 1845
  Mylne 1833 + 1834 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 1841 Mylne 1845
  Procter 1833 + 1834 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 1841 Procter 1845
                  Hall  
                  Lutwidge 1845
Middlesex Magistrates (blue) and others who succeeded them
Byng 1830 + 1831 1832                
Bouverie 1830 + 1831 1832 Acklom 1835 1836 + 1837 Sharpe 1839 + 1840 1841    
Pallmer Rev Shepherd 1832 1833 + 1834 1835 1836 + 1837 1838        
Clitherow 1830 + 1831 1832 1833 + 1834 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 Farquhar 1841 Gowen  
Seymour Rev Campbell 1832 G. Clive Sykes 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 1841 Sykes  
Hampson 1830 + 1831 1832 Halswell 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 Barlow Barlow 1845
Members of Parliament who were not Middlesex Magistrates
Somerset 1830 + 1831                  
Ashley 1830 + 1831 1832 1833 + 1834 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 1841 Ashley 1845
Gordon 1830 + 1831 1832 1833 + 1834 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 1841 Gordon 1845
Baring 1830 + 1831 1832 Inglis 1835 Lord E. Seymour 1838 1839 + 1840 1841 Lord E. Seymour  1845
Calthorpe 1830 + 1831       E. Clive 1838 1839 + 1840 1841    
Lennard R.V. Smith 1832 1833 + 1834 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 1841 R.V. Smith 1845
Ross 1830 + 1831 1832 Grey J.A. Smith 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 1841    
Rose 1830 + 1831           Barneby 1841 Barneby  
Ward 1830           J.M. Gaskell 1841 J.M. Gaskell  
Wynn 1830 + 1831 1832                
  Dowdeswell                  
  Freemantle                  
  Perceval                  
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Browne 1830 + 1831 1832 Edward DuBois 1835 1836 + 1837 1838 1839 + 1840 1841 1842 +1843 +1844   
 

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Lunacy
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Medical Commissioners
Dr Turner 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 Dr Wilkes 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 Wilkes honorary Dr Rhys Williams 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 Dr Allbutt 1890 1891 Dr Needham 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
Dr Hume 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 Dr Nairne 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 Nairne honorary Dr R. Southey 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 Dr Coupland 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
Dr Southey Dr Prichard 1846 1847 1848 Dr Gaskell 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 Dr Cleaton 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 Cleaton honorary Dr Wallis 1895 1896 1897 Dr Cooke 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
                                                                                                                                    Dr Bond
Secretary
Lutwidge 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 Lutwidge commissioner Forster 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 Forster commissioner Rice 1862 1863 1864 Phillips 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 Phillips commissioner Perceval 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 Urmson 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 Urmson commissioner Giffard 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 Giffard commissioner Shadwell 1902 1903 Shadwell commissioner Trevor 1905 1906 Trevor commissioner Wilberforce Hodgson 1909 1910 1911 Hodgson commissioner Dickinson
 
 
Legal Commissioners
Mylne 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 Lutwidge 1855 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 Howard 1874 1875 1876 Bagot 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 Bagot honorary Inderwick Shadwell 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
Procter 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 Procter honorary Forster 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 Forster honorary Phillips 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 Urmson 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 Trevor 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
Hall Campbell 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 Campbell honorary Frere 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 Giffard 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 Macleod 1909 1910 1911 1912
                                                                                                                                    Hodgson
 
Chair of the Commission
Ashley 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 Salt 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 Hatherton 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 Waldegrave 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
 
Other Honorary Commissioners
Gordon 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864     Fortesque 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 Salt 1884 1885 Salt chair Emlyn 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 Dorrington 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
R.V. Smith 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 Procter 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874       Wilkes 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894                 Bagot 1904 1905 1906   Greene 1909 1910 1911 1912
Seymour 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 Clifford 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 Forster 1873 1874 1875 1876   Campbell 1879 1880 1881   Nairne 1884 1885 1886     Milltown Hatherton 1891 Hatherton chair 1893 Cleaton 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901             Hope 1909 1910 1911 1912
Barlow 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886     Davenport 1890 1891 1892 Williamson 1894                           Roberts 1909 1910 1911 1912

The Board of Control:
The chart trying to re-construct the sequence of Board of Control commissioners is still very speculative.
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1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Senior Commissioners (from 1931) were members of the Board. Others may sometimes have been called inspectors
Other Salaried Commissioners (not medical, legal or chair)
                Pinsent 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 Pinsent Darwin 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950*
 
Medical Commissioners
Dr Needham 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
Dr Coupland 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
Dr Cooke 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
Dr Bond 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945*
Dr Rotherham 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931* Dr Thomas 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Dr Braithwaite 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926* Dr Brown 1928 1929 1930*
Dr Pierce 1929 1930 1931
The first six below were shown as previously "inspectors"
                                    Adamson 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945* Russell 1953 1954* Rossie 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
                                    Evans 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938* Anderson 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953* Tooth 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
                                    Gill 1932 1933 1934* Mackay 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940* Maclay 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
                                    Lewis 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944* Butler 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
                                    Meagher 1932 1933 1934 1935* Calder 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944* Lilly 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
                                    Hall 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938* Forsythe 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950* Hastings 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
                                    Wilson 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
                                    Devas 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947* Campbell 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959*
Allan 1959 1960
 
Secretary
Dickinson 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 Barter 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 Fairley acting 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Bleakley 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 Brown 1957 Benner 1959 1960
 
 
Legal Commissioners
Shadwell 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920*
Trevor 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924* Bailey 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938*
Macleod 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936* Croft-Cohen 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Hodgson 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936* Rowlinson 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
                                    Penton 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953* Ross 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
                                    Duncan 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
                                    Green 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
 
Chair of the Commission
Byrne 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 Willis 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 Brock 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 Barter 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 Armer 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
 
Honorary Commissioners
Pinsent 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 Darwin 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930*
W.H. Dickinson 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921* Walker 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930*
Dendy? 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921*


Directory of Commissioners

1940 Members of the Board of Control (and salaries):

The Board:

Chairman: Sir Laurence Brock, CB. £1,953

Private Secretary: L.R.S. Allen £60

Senior Comissioners:

Sir Hubert Bond, KBE, DSc, MD, FRCP £1,859

The following had salaries between £1,360 and £1,650

W. Rees Thomas MD, FRCP, DPM

C.F. Penton

Miss Ruth Frances Darwin CBE

Not on the Board

Secretary: P. Barter £1,150 to £1,500

Assistant Secretary: W. Fairley MBE £900 to £1,050

Commissioners: £850 to £1,200, with allowance of £200 to four commissioners:

J.W.W. Adamson MD

R.G. Anderson, MD, DPM

Miss F.H.M. Calder MD, DPM

N.C. Croft Cohen

Surgeon Captain H.C. Devas RN (Retired)

Miss L?M.C. Duncan LLB

T.R. Forsythe MB, CHB, DPM

H.R. Green

E.O. Lewis DSc LRCP

G.W. MacKay, MB, DPM

J.C. Rawlinson

Miss I.G.H. Wilson, MD, MRCP, DPM

Women Inspectors Salaries £515 to £800

Miss A.J. Crozier

Miss C.M. Gavin

Miss M.M. McFarlane PhD

Miss H. Redfern

Miss A. Thomas

Architects

F.C. Webster

P.T. Hiorns

H.G. Warren

W.E. Sidnell

Superintending Clerks

H.C. Bleakley (acting)

F. Chanter

W.H.S. Rose

Staff Officers

C.L. Barnes

H.G. Clarke

A.W.R. Cloake (acting)

A. Forbes

R.L. Taylor

E.H. Warland


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