Donald Sutherland Swanson was born in the remote far north of Scotland, leaving for London in 1867 at the age of 19 and initially working as a City clerk.
He is best known as the Detective in charge of the Jack the Ripper case from Scotland Yard.
S. 35 years later he retired as Superintendent of the Criminal Investigation Department, the top Detective in the country.
The following year he joined the Metropolitan Police and began patrolling the streets of the capital as a uniformed constable.
Donald Sutherland Swanson was born in the remote far north of Scotland, leaving for London in 1867 at the age of 19 and initially working as a City clerk