The Isle of Ely Constabulary was the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire from 1841-1965.
The force was merged with four other constabularies to form the Mid Anglia Constabulary on 1 April 1965.
1841-53: Captain Frederic Blagg Hampton[ 1]
1853-79: Captain John William Foster[ 2]
1879-1906: Lieutenant-Colonel William Brown-Ferris (died 14 April 1906)
1906-19: Captain John Harold Mander (appointed Chief Constable of Norfolk April 1916, continued to hold post in Isle of Ely until 1919)[ 3]
1919-30: Major William Richard Monyns Hartcup OBE (died 12 August 1930)[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
1930-57: Captain J C T Rivett-Carnac MC (Chief Constable of Huntingdonshire and Isle of Ely)[ 7]
1957-65: Thomas Christopher Williams (Chief Constable of Huntingdonshire and Isle of Ely)[ 8] (became Chief Constable of West Sussex).
^ "Wisbech". Cambridge Independent Press . 17 July 1841. p. 3.
^ "Isle of Ely Adjourned Sessions". Cambridge Chronicle and University Journal . 23 April 1853. p. 7.
^ "Chief Constable of Norfolk - Capt. Mander's New Appointment". Cambridge Independent Press . 21 April 1916. p. 3.
^ "Chips of News". Ormskirk Advertiser . 24 April 1919. p. 7.
^ "Funeral of Major Hartcup". Newmarket Journal . 30 August 1930. p. 7.
^ "The Late Major Hartcup". Lynn Advertiser . 22 August 1930. p. 12.
^ "A Constabulary Fusion". Lynn Advertiser . 14 November 1930. p. 6.
^ "New Hunts, Chief of Police a Barrister". Peterborough Evening Telegraph . 24 November 1956. p. 6.