Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert

Peter Michael Imbert, Baron Imbert of New Romney in the County of Kent Kt CVO QPM (* April 27, 1933 ) is a British former police officer and politician, who was last seen between 1987 and 1993 Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service and since 1999 as Life peer member of the House of Lords was.

Life

After visiting the Harvey Grammar School in Folkestone Imbert joined in 1953, the Police of the Metropolitan Police Service and there rose Superintendent until 1976 to Detective Chief on. After he was first an assistant and then deputy chief of police of Surrey, before it was between 1979 and 1985 as the successor to David Holdsworth Chief (Chief Constable ) of the Police Thames Valley. For his services he was in 1980 awarded the Queen's Police Medal. 1985 followed him Colin Smith as chief of police in Thames Valley. During this time he was also 1980-1987 Member of the Supreme Advisory Council of the British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC).

When he was two years Deputy Commissioner in connection, Imbert was on 1 January 1987 succeeded Kenneth Newman as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and thus as Chief of Police of Greater London. After six years in this role Imbert, the Knight Bachelor in 1988 and was from then on the additional name "Sir" was, on 31 December 1992 to retire and was replaced by Paul Condon, who was previously chief of police of Kent joined.

After his retirement from active police service Imbert served from 1992 to 1993 Member of the Advisory Committee on Criminal Law as well as between 1993 and 2000 as a member of Ministerialberatungsgremiums for the royal parks in London and was nigh 1994-2008 CEO of Capital Eye Ltd. He also served on the committee for public policy of the Royal Automobile Club between 1993 and 2000 as a member.

In addition, he was between 1994 and 1998, first deputy lieutenant and then from 1998 to 2008 as the successor to Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall, Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, and from 1998 to 2000 Consultant of CDR International.

By Letters Patent of 10 February 1999 Imbert was also the magistrate of Greater London in 1998, when Life peer charged with the title of Baron Imbert, of New Romney in the County of Kent in the peerage. Shortly afterwards, was his introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. In the House of Lords he belongs to the group of so-called Cross Bencher.

Since 2008, Lord Imbert is a strategy consultant of Inkerman Group Ltd and was also Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 2008. In May 2008, David William Brewer followed him as Lord Lieutenant of Grater London.