Researching James Crane
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6318 people with the Crane surname? In that year Crane was ranked number 653 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Crane on Ancestry
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James Crane (police officer)
Sir James William Donald Crane (1 January 1921 – 29 November 1994) was a British police officer who served as HM Inspector of Constabulary from 1976 to 1979; and HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales 1979–82.
After wartime service with the Royal Hampshire Regiment, he joined the Metropolitan Police in 1946.
By the early 1970s he was the Commander of the Fraud Squad . He was promoted to Deputy Assistant Commissioner and it was in this role that on 19 July 1972 he began the Poulson investigation. At the time this was the UK's biggest ever corruption inquiry: it eventually led to the resignation of Reginald Maudling, then Home Secretary and notionally in charge of the police. In 1973 Crane arrested Poulson who was later convicted.
As Chief Inspector of the Constabulary, Crane was also involved in investigating the failings of the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper.
In 1977 he was awarded CBE. On Wednesday, 23 July 1980, at Buckingham Palace, the Queen conferred the Honour of Knighthood.
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