Hussey Chomley

Hussey Malone Chomley (8 August 1832 – 12 July 1906) was an Irish-born police officer who joined the police force in the colony of Victoria in 1852, and served for fifty years, including twenty years as chief commissioner from 1882 to 1902. He was the first chief commissioner to be appointed from the ranks of the police force itself.

Early life Chomley was born at Merrion Square in Dublin on 8 August 1832. His father, the Reverend Francis Chomley, was rector of Wicklow, and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Griffith, was the daughter of Richard Griffith, a member of parliament for Askeaton in the Irish House of Commons. Reverend Chomley died in 1847, and in February 1849, Mary Chomley emigrated to Port Phillip District in the Colony of New South Wales with her seven sons. Promoted to paymaster and inspector, he was posted to supervise various minor gold rushes throughout the colony. In 1862, he returned to Bendigo and was promoted to superintendent, running the police station there, and later the Bourke and Geelong districts.

Death Chomley died at his home, "Oyama", on Huntingtower Road, Armadale on 12 July 1906.