Wilfred Trubshaw was born at
Mold, Flintshire, on June 16th 1870, the son of a Welsh surgeon, Dr
Alfred Trubshaw whose origins lay in a wealthy Staffordshire family. After
education at Epsom College he embarked on a career in the law, being articled
to W Henry Taylor of Chester, being admitted as a solicitor in October 1893. After
an early appointment as Town Clerk of Flint, he came to Liverpool, appointed
Assistant Prosecuting Solicitor to the City Corporation in October 1902. At
this time he lived at 95 Arundel Avenue L17.
He was subsequently appointed
Assistant Solicitor to Lancashire County Council and then, in 1915, he joined
the Lancashire County Constabulary as Deputy Chief Constable. On 5th
May 1927 he became the Chief Constable of the force, a post he held until he
retired on 31 August 1935 due to problems with his eyesight. He died in
Pwllheli on 21st December 1944. The report on his death in the Liverpool
Echo noted that “he was a familiar figure at Aintree races, and invariably
accompanied members of the Royal Family upon their visits to the Grand National”.
Trubshaw was awarded an OBE in
the 1920 civilian war honours and a CBE in the 1931 birthday honours. For many
years he lived at Grimsargh House in the village of Grimsargh near Preston. He
married Bessie Andre Perkins, a writer of short stories, in Wales in 1904. She
died in 1952.
