Captain Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone, KBE (1863–1936), of the Royal Irish Regiment was the 1895 and 1896 Amateur Boxing Association of England

Amateur Boxing Association of England

The Amateur Boxing Association of England is the governing body of amateur boxing clubs in England. There are separate organisations for Scotland and Wales with boxing in Northern Ireland being organised on an All-Ireland basis. The Association was founded in 1880...

 heavyweight champion. He was Chief Commissioner

Chief Commissioner

A Chief Commissioner is a commissioner of a high rank, usually in chief of several Commissioners or similarly styled officers.-Colonial:In British India the gubernatorial style was Chief Commissioner in various provinces , the style being applied especially where an elected assembly did not exist,...

 of the Dublin Metropolitan Police

Dublin Metropolitan Police

The Dublin Metropolitan Police was the police force of Dublin, Ireland, from 1836 to 1925, when it amalgamated into the new Garda Síochána.-19th century:...

 from 1915 to 1923.

Biography

He was born in 1863. In 1895 and 1896 Amateur Boxing Association of England

Amateur Boxing Association of England

The Amateur Boxing Association of England is the governing body of amateur boxing clubs in England. There are separate organisations for Scotland and Wales with boxing in Northern Ireland being organised on an All-Ireland basis. The Association was founded in 1880...

 heavyweight champion. He was Chief Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Police

Dublin Metropolitan Police

The Dublin Metropolitan Police was the police force of Dublin, Ireland, from 1836 to 1925, when it amalgamated into the new Garda Síochána.-19th century:...

 from 1915 to 1923. He was awarded a KBE in 1924. Edgeworth-Johnstone died in 1936.

External links

• Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone at the National Portrait Gallery