Richard Pearson (police officer)

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Lyons Otway Pearson CB ADC JP (1831–30 May 1890) was Assistant Commissioner (Executive) of the London Metropolitan Police from 1881 to 1890.

During the Crimean War (1854–1855), he served as aide-de-camp to General Sir George Brown, and was present at Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol.

In 1856, Pearson married Laura Elizabeth Frederica Markham.

In June 1887, he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).

He died after a prolonged illness while still serving in the Metropolitan Police.

Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown and his staff in the Crimea in 1855. Lyons Pearson, Brown's aide-de-camp, is the officer seated on the floor.