Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet

The Right Honourable Sir Frederick Pollock, Bt PC
Attorney General
In office 17 December 1834 – 8 April 1835
Monarch	William IV
Prime Minister	Sir Robert Peel, Bt
In office 6 September 1841 – 15 April 1844
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Sir Robert Peel, Bt
Personal details
Born	23 September 1783 Charing Cross, London
Died	28 August 1870 (aged 86)
Nationality	British
Political party	Tory
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet, PC (23 September 1783 – 28 August 1870) was a British lawyer and Tory politician.

Background and education

Pollock was the son of David Pollock, of Charing Cross, London, and the elder brother of Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet. He was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[1] He was Senior Wrangler at Cambridge University. He is also thought to be one of the founding members of the Cambridge Union Society, along with Henry Bickersteth and Sir Edward Hall Alderson, both of Gonville and Caius College.

Political, legal and mathematical careers

Pollock was Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon from 1831 to 1844. He served as Attorney General between 1834 and 1835 and 1841 and 1844 in the Tory administrations of Sir Robert Peel. In 1841 he was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, a post he held until 1868. Having been knighted on 29 December 1834,^[2] Pollock was created a Baronet, of Hatton in the County of Middlesex, on 2 August 1866.^[3] Apart from his political and legal career Pollock was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816. He contributed a number of papers in mathematics to the Royal Society, including one on what is now known as the Pollock's conjecture.

Family

Pollock died in August 1870, aged 84, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, William. Two of his grandsons also became prominent lawyers. Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet, was Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford and Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth, served as Master of the Rolls.

References

1. "Pollock, Jonathan Frederick (PLK802JF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. The London Gazette: no. 19237. p. 212. 6 February 1935.
3. The London Gazette: no. 23143. p. 4164. 24 July 1866.

External links

• Works written by or about Jonathan Frederick Pollock at Wikisource

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Frederick Pollock
• Descendants of Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Bt.