The Isle of Ely Constabulary was the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire from 1841-1965.
The force was merged with four other constabularies to form the Mid Anglia Constabulary on 1 April 1965.
Chief Constables 1841-53: Captain Frederic Blagg Hampton 1853-79: Captain John William Foster 1879-1906: Lieutenant-Colonel William Brown-Ferris (died 14 April 1906) 1906-19: Captain John Harold Mander (appointed Chief Constable of Norfolk April 1916, continued to hold post in Isle of Ely until 1919) 1919-30: Major William Richard Monyns Hartcup OBE (died 12 August 1930) 1930-57: Captain J C T Rivett-Carnac MC (Chief Constable of Huntingdonshire and Isle of Ely) 1957-65: Thomas Christopher Williams (Chief Constable of Huntingdonshire and Isle of Ely) (became Chief Constable of West Sussex).
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