Big Four (Scotland Yard)

Big Four (Scotland Yard)

The Big Four was a nickname given to the four Superintendents in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, from about 1919 onwards.

They were:

  • Albert Hawkins,[1]
  • Arthur Neil,[1]
  • Francis Carlin,[2] and
  • Frederick Wensley.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Wensley, Frederick (1931), Detective Days, Cassel, p. 196 
  2. ^ Woodhall, Edwin T. (1935). Crime and the Supernatural. London: Long. p. 46. 
  3. ^ Harding, Arthur (1981). Samuel, Raphael. ed. East end underworld: chapters in the life of Arthur Harding. Taylor & Francis. p. 337. ISBN 0710007264. 


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