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4 unusual facts about Daniel Whittle Harvey


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Daniel Whittle Harvey (1786–1863), British Radical politician, Commissioner of the City of London Police and founder of the Sunday Times

Daniel Whittle Harvey

Later the same year, the City of London Police was re-organised, and Harvey relinquished his seat in Parliament to become its first Commissioner; he retained the post until 1863.

In 1839, he was appointed Registrar of the Metropolitan Public Carriages, becoming the chief regulator of the taxi trade in London.

Daniel Whittle Harvey (10 January 1786 – 24 February 1863) was a Radical English politician who founded The Sunday Times newspaper and was the first Commissioner of the City of London Police.



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