Sir Albert de Rutzen was chief magistrate of the Metropolitan Police Courts in the United Kingdom. He was knighted in 1901. [1]
De Rutzen was born Albert Richard Francis Maximilian De Rutzen, the son of Baron Charles Frederick De Rutzen (1795-1874), in 1830. [2] He was born in Pall Mall, London. [3]
De Rutzen was stipendiary magistrate of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales from 1872 to 1876. He became a Metropolitan Police magistrate in London in 1876 to 1913, becoming Chief Magistrate in 1901, when he was knighted. [4]
In 1910, de Rutzen issued the arrest warrant for Dr Crippen and his mistress Ethel Le Neve, for the murder of Crippen's wife. [5] Crippen and Le Neve were on a ship to Canada were arrested on their arrival in Quebec. Crippen was convicted and executed and Le Neve was acquitted.
In 1872, de Rutzen married Horatia Augusta Stepney Gulston (1840-1924) of Carmarthenshire, the daughter of magistrate Alan James Gulston. [4] They had five children together: Emmeline Augusta Louisa (b. 1873), Gwendoline Mary (b.1875), and Alan Frederick James (b.1876), who were all born in Carmarthenshire, and two children born in London: Alberta Dorothea (b.1877) and Violet Frances (b.1881). Sir Albert De Rutzen died in London on 22 September 1913, aged 83. [6]
