Lawrence Byford

Sir Lawrence Byford CBE
Chief Inspector of Constabulary
In office 1983–1987
Preceded by	James Crane
Succeeded by	Richard Barrett
Personal details
Born	10 August 1925
Profession	Police officer

Sir Lawrence Byford, CBE, QPM (born 10 August 1925) was Chief Inspector of Constabulary from 1983 to 1987.^[1]

Education

Byford was educated at the University of Leeds.

Wartime service

During World War Two Byford served with the Royal Signals.

Career

Byford's police career began in 1947 as a constable with the West Yorkshire Constabulary, where he rose to be the Commander of the Huddersfield Division. He left in 1968 to join the senior leadership team of Lincolnshire Police, and was Chief Constable from 1973 to 1977. He was a Regional Inspector of Constabulary from 1978 until his appointment to the top job.

Reports

He conducted the inquiry into the Yorkshire Ripper Case.^[2]

Awards

He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in 1973. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1979, and was knighted in the 1984.^[3]

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Order of the British Empire (CBE)	1979 Commander Civil Division
	Knight Bachelor (Kt)	1984
	Queen's Police Medal (QPM)	1973
	Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

Private life

In 1950 he married Muriel Campbell Massey: they have three children, one of whom was Deputy Director General of the British Broadcasting Corporation and head of BBC Journalism from 2004 to 2011.^[4]

References

1. ‘BYFORD, Sir Lawrence’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, November 2015 accessed 14 May 2016
2. Byford Report
3. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49696. p. 1. 2 April 1984.
4. Neil Midgley "BBC's Mark Byford made redundant", Daily Telegraph, 11 October 2010