Edward Troup
Edward Troup may refer to: *Sir Edward Troup (civil servant, born 1857) (1857–1941), British civil servant *Sir Edward Troup (solicitor) (born 1955), British solicitor and civil servant {{hndis, Troup, Edward ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Edward Troup (civil Servant, Born 1857)
Sir Charles Edward Troup (27 March 1857 – 8 July 1941) was a British civil servant. Born in Scotland, he worked for most of his life in London. He was Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 1908 to 1922. Troup was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire. His father was a minister of an Non-denominational church, Independent church. He was educated at the local parish school and then read mental philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. He studied at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1883, and winning a prize of an essay later published in 1884 as ''Future of Free Trade''. He joined the Home Office as a junior clerk in 1880, in its criminal department, and was promoted to senior clerk in 1886. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1888. He edited the official judicial statistics of England and Wales from 1893 to 1904. He was also involved in committees that recommended the introduction of biometric data of criminals, including photographs and finge ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]