Patrick Quinn (Metropolitan Police officer)
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|death_place = Putney, Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Patrick Quinn {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MVO|KPM}} (1855 – 9 June 1936) was an Irish officer of the Metropolitan Police.{{cite news |title= Obituary: Sir Patrick Quinn |work=The Times |date=10 June 1936 |page=9 }}
Biography
Quinn was born in 1855, the third son of Timothy Quinn and Bridget Nalty of County Mayo. In 1883, he was attached to the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard, and to the Special Branch of the CID in 1887. From 1903, he was Superintendent of the Special Branch, and he retired on 31 December 1918.{{fact|date=November 2021}}
During his time at Special Branch he was engaged in the suppression of anarchism, and attached for protection duty to the suites of all foreign sovereigns visiting the United Kingdom. As a result, he received a large number of foreign orders and decorations: he was an Officer of the Legion of Honour and an officier de l'Instruction Publique of France, a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog of Denmark, of the Order of Vasa of Sweden, of the Order of St Olav of Norway, of the Order of St Stanislas of Russia, of the Order of the Redeemer of Greece, of the Order of the Crown of Italy{{London Gazette|issue=31361|page=6509|date=27 May 1919}} and of the Order of Villa Viçosa of Portugal, a member of the first class of the Order of Military Merit of Spain and of the fifth class of the Royal Victorian Order,{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=28077|supp=y|page=7576|date=9 November 1907}} and was awarded the King's Police Medal.{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=30451|supp=y|page=84|date=1 January 1918}} Following his retirement he was knighted at Buckingham Palace on 18 March 1919.{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=31271|page=4415|date=4 April 1919}} Quinn lived at 28 Montserrat Road, SW15. He died at home in Putney on 9 June 1936.Who Was Who 1929–1940, p. 1114.
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External links
- {{cite TIWW |article=Quinn, Sir Patrick |page=213 }}
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