There were a very few documented Lovelocks and Lovelucks who either became members of a
Police Force based outside of England and Wales or, indeed, outside of the UK, or served in
a support role to a UK Force. The sparse details of those we know of are presented below.
| Charles Lovelock | Charles was probably born in 1868 in New York in the
United States of America, the son of Patrick Lovelock and Catharine Murphy, who were both
born in Ireland. In 1900, being recorded as 34 years of age, he was employed as a Hat
Clerk and in 1910, aged 40, as a Salesman in a Hat Shop. But by 1920 he had gone for a
complete change of career and was a 45-year-old Policeman. That, however, did not last
long and in 1930, aged 56, he was an Auto Repairer. He was obviously very cavalier about
his age, but he is easily identifiable being on each occasion with one more of his
sisters. We know no more of him. |
| Andrew Lovelock | Andrew was born in 1875 in New York in the
United States of America, the son of Edward and Sarah A Lovelock who were both born in
Ireland. Edward was the brother of the Patrick mentioned above, so Andrew was the cousin
of Charles above, and may have encouraged him to join the Police Force. Andrew does not
appear in the 1900 US Census online, but by the time of the 1910 Census he had joined the
New York City Police Force and was living in Troy with his widowed mother. He was still a
serving Police Officer in 1920, but by 1930 had shed his uniform to become a Police
Detective in the Troy Police. In 1940, supposedly 61 years of age, he was still serving
as a Detective in the city Force, but he does not appear in the 1950 Census. He was
still single in 1940 so possibly never married. | Edward Burton Loveluck | Edward was a member of the Glamorgan Loveluck Line,
born in British Guiana in 1882. In 1901 he and his mother (Martha Burton Penny) were
living in Lambeth, London, when Edward was recorded as a 'Student for Indian Police'. In
1907 he married Ethel Wade, and by December 1908 they were in Tanjore (present-day
Thanjavur) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, their daughter Dorothy Courtney being
baptised there on 21 December. Edward was recorded as an Assistant Superintendent
Indian Police. Their stay in India was comparatively brief and they arrived at Tilbury,
London on 21 April 1911 from Colombo in what was then called Ceylon. They had avoided
being recorded in the 1911 Census by 19 days, but we know they went to Hampshire where
their son John Burton was born on 22 June. They were on the move again in early October
of that year when the whole family sailed on the 'Warwickshire' from Liverpool to Colombo.
Their second son Eric Burton was born in Kodaikanal, a Hill Station and town in Tamil
Nadu, India on 17 October 1918. In 1921 the family were recorded in Ilminster Road in
Swanage, Dorset, Edward, Ethel and Eric being 'Visitors', but Dorothy and John as
'Residents'. Edward recorded his Occupation as 'District Superintendent of the Imperial
Indian Police'. The 'Visitors' returned to India, but were back in Orpington, Kent before
the 1939 Register was compiled, at which time someone wrote next to Edward's entry
'Indian Police retired'. |
| Edward Robert King Lovelock | Edward was a member of the Lieflock Line and was
born in Buttermere, Wiltshire on 21 October 1902. He left school at the age of twelve to
work on one of the local farms, but by 1921 had left farm work behind and was a Greaser
in the Carriage and Wagon Department of the Great Western Railway in Bristol,
Gloucestershire. However, wider horizons beckoned and on 28 March 1922 he enlisted in Bristol
for the Gloucestershire Regiment. On 25 November 1922 he set off to join the rest of the
2nd Battalion in India, and returned to England on 27 December 1928, having spent most of
the intervening time at Jhansi, although the Battalion also served in “China” from 28
January to 23 July in 1927. We do not know how he was employed from 1928 onwards until in
1938 he joined the Palestine Police, and sailed from Liverpool on 23 Dec 1938 aboard the
'Britannia' of the Anchor Line, heading for Port Said and Palestine. He arrived back in
Liverpool on 19 Sep 1944, having sailed from Port Said on the 'Moreton Bay' of the Shaw,
Savill and Albion Company Ltd shipping line. The Palestine Police Force was established
on 1 July 1920, This
Wikipedia article provides more information. |
| Ernest William James Lovelock | Ernest was a member of the Lyneham Line and was
born in Swindon, Wiltshire towards the end of 1881. On 26 July 1897 he enlisted in the
Military Foot Police in Swindon. At some point after that he ended up serving in
Ireland, and reached the rank of Lance Corporal. He died in Cork on 28 June 1903 and a
report in the 'Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle' of 3 July 1903 of an inquest
held at Cork Military Barracks on 1 July 1903 reveals that Ernest 'died from a self-
inflicted wound, whilst temporarily insane'. There is a small amount of information on
the Miltary Foot Police here
although there is no specific mention of Ireland. |
| Ronald Percival Lovelock | Ronald was a member of the Swallowfield-Heckfield-
Worplesdon Tree and was born in Brookwood, Surrey on 5 August 1910, the second son of
Oliver Lovelock and Ellen Eliza Binfield. We know very little of Ronald's working life,
and to be honest we have no evidence to indicate that he was ever a policeman. In the
1939 Register his occupation is recorded as 'Undertaker's Assistant and Monumental Letter
Cutter' but in 1958 his mother died and probate of her Will was granted to her sons John
Oliver and Ronald Percival, identifying the latter as a Police Telephonist. So Ronald did
have a connection to one of our Law Enforcement agencies. He in his turn died on 24
October 1998. |
| Sydney Lovelock | Sydney was a member of the Aldermaston Tree and is
possibly included here under false pretences. He was born in Mortimer, Berkshire in late
1888, possibly on 17 September, the son of John Moore Lovelock and Susannah Awbery. In 1921
he was living with his wife Emily Daisy (nee Bishop) in the Carpenter's Arms in Mortimer,
where his father was the landlord. His occupation is recorded as 'Police Fireman'. Scouring
the internet for information suggests that Sydney's duties may have been more akin to some
of those we would only identify with members of the Fire Service today, but he is included
here in case he did have a meaningful connection to the Police Force. Sydney died on 26
September 1958. |
| Wallace Henry Lovelock Williams | Wallace was born on 3 December 1890, but by 1901,
when he was living as their son with Henry Mackie and Margaret Lovelock, he was simply
Wallace Lovelock. He was baptised as the son of Harry and Marguerite Lovelock on 30
April 1903. In the 1911 Census he recorded himself as a Furrier's Salesman, but in 1921
he recorded himself as 'Police Constable (RIC) Ireland' and, although the family were
living in Ash Vale in Surrey, gave as his Place of Work 'Malin Head, Donegal, Ireland'.
In the 1939 Register, by which time he appears to have left his wife Olive Alma Smith,
whom he had married in 1910, he had become a Fencing Master - most certainly a unique
profession for a Lovelock. He eventually died in Selsey, Sussex on 24 February 1973. |