There have been twenty H.M. Chief Inspectors of Factories in the U.K., responsible for making sure that factories adhere to regulations.
A factory inspector is someone who checks that factories comply with regulations affecting them. HM Chief Inspector of Factories Alexander Redgrave CB; b. 9 June 1818, d. 1894 Robert Baker; b. 1803, d. 1880 Frederick H. Whymper; b. 1828, d. 1893 Richard Edward Sprague Oram; b. 1830, d. 8 March 1909 Dr Arthur (Sir Arthur) Whitelegge; b. 17 October 1852, d. 25 April 1933 Sir Malcolm Robinson CB; b. 12 February 1857, d. 27 August 1933 Robert Ernest Graves CBE; b. 22 December 1866, d. 21 May1922 Sir Gerald Bellhouse CBE; b. 1867, d. 15 September 1946 Sir Duncan Randolph Wilson CBE; b. 1875, d. 1 March 1945 Sir Wilfred Garrett; b. 1880, d. 1967 Howard Everson Chasteney; b. 9 August 1888, d. 18 February 1947 Sir George Percy Barnett; b. 19 October 1894, d. 19 October 1965 Thomas Warburton McCullough CB, OBE; b. 13 March1901, d. 28 December 1989 Ronald Kington Christy CB; b. 18 August 1905, d. 29 August 1987 William John Conway Plumbe; b. 17 March 1910, d. 9 November 1979 Bryan Hugh Harvey CBE; b. 17 October 1914, d. 22 February 2004 James (Jim) Dominic George Hammer CB; b. 21 April 1929 David Charles Thomas Eves CB; b. 10 January 1942 A. J. (Tony) Lineham David Charles Thomas Eves CB; b. 10 January 1942 
