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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 6 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POLLOCK , the name of an See also:

English See also:family which has contributed many important members to the legal and other professions. See also:David Pollock, who was the son of a Scotsman and built up a prosperous business in See also:London as a saddler, had three distinguished sons: See also:Sir David Pollock (1780-1847), See also:chief See also:justice of Bombay; Sir See also:Jonathan See also:Frederick Pollock, See also:Bart. (1783-1870), chief See also:baron of the See also:exchequer; and Sir See also:George Pollock, Bart. (1786-1872), See also:field-See also:marshal. Of these the more famous were the two last. Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, who rendered valuable military service in See also:India, and especially in See also:Afghanistan in 1841-1843, ended his days as See also:constable of the See also:Tower of London, and was buried in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey; his baronetcy, created in 1872, descended to his son Frederick (d. 1874), who assumed the name of See also:Montagu-Pollock, and so to his heirs. Chief Baron Sir J. Frederick Pollock, who had been See also:senior wrangler at See also:Cam-See also:bridge, and became F.R.S. in 1816, was raised to the See also:bench in 1844, and created a See also:baronet in 1866. He was twice marriedand had eight sons and ten daughters, his numerous descendants being prominent in many See also:fields. The chief baron's eldest son, Sir See also:William Frederick Pollock, 2nd Bart. (1815-1888), became a See also:master of the Supreme See also:Court (1846) and See also:queen's See also:remembrancer (1874); his eldest son, Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Bart.

(b. 1845), being the well-known jurist and legal historian, See also:

fellow of Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, and Corpus See also:professor of See also:jurisprudence at See also:Oxford (1883-1903), and the second son, See also:Walter See also:Herries Pollock (b. r85o), being a well-known author and editor of the Saturday See also:Review from 1883 to 1894. The chief baron's third son, George Frederick Pollock (b. 1821), became a master of the Supreme Court in 1851, and succeeded his See also:brother as queen's (See also:king's) remembrancer in 1886; among his sons were Dr W. See also:Rivers Pollock (1859-1909), Ernest Murry Pollock, K.C. (b. 1861), and the Rt. Rev. See also:Bertram Pollock (b. 1863), See also:bishop of See also:Norwich, and previously See also:head master of See also:Wellington College from 1893 till 1910. The chief baron's See also:fourth son, Sir See also:Charles See also:Edward Pollock (1823-1897), had a successful career at the See also:bar and in 1873 became a See also:judge, being the last survivor of the old barons of the exchequer; he was thrice married and had issue by each wife.

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