John Walter Hewett, my great great grandfather was born in 1822. He appears on my great grandfather’s marriage certificate in South Shields, County Durham, as a “Superintendent of Police†in 1882. According to the 1851 census John was living as a police constable with his wife Mary in Surrey. She is listed in the 1861 census as residing in Tynemouth as a “Chief Constable’s Wife†but he doesn’t appear in that census at all. It may be that they are not the same person, but I can find no other references to him and wondered where I can find a list of Chief Constables in Northumberland/Durham area during the 1850’s to help clarify things somewhat.
Many thanks to anyone who can point me in the right direction.