What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Edward Richard Henry Bt GCVO KCB CSI 1850-1931 fingerprint pioneer, Commissioner of Police 1903-1918. Lived in Cissbury 1920-1931 Recorded plaque organisation: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
Sir Edward Henry was a pioneering fingerprint expert and Commissioner of Police who established the first national fingerprint bureau in Scotland Yard, significantly impacting modern forensic science.
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