Joseph Grantham

Police Constable Joseph Grantham (died 1830) was the first police officer to be die whilst on duty in the United Kingdom.

Joseph Grantham was a police officer in the Metropolitan Police Service which had been formally established in 1829. While on duty on 28 June 1830, he intervened in a fight in Somers Town, London, during the altercation Grantham died from a stroke.[1][2][3][4] At his inquest, the jury returned a verdict of "justifiable homicide", possibly due to dislike of the new police force. Grantham was held to have contributed to his own death by "over-exertion in the discharge of his duty".[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Funeral of Police-Constable Grantham". Morning Herald. 3 July 1830. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Baggoley, Martin (1 September 2018). "The murder of Constable John Long of the New Police in 1830". Journal of the Police History Society. 32. The Police History Society: 52. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Middlesex Sessions". English Chronicle and Whitehall Evening Post. 13 July 1830. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Rae, Anthony. "Remembering The Fallen" (PDF). National Police Officers Roll of Honour. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "The First Bobbies" Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Early timeline of the Metropolitan Police Archived 26 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine


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