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Admitted 31 October, 1796.

Eldest son of David Pollock, saddler, of Piccadilly, where he was born, and brother of (q.v.). He was educated at St. Paul's School and Edinburgh University. Called to the Bar on 28 Jan. 1803,. he practised on the Home Circuit. In 1833 he took silk and was appointed Recorder of Maidstone in 1838. He was appointed Reader at the Inn in 1837 and elected Treasurer in 1839. In 1846 he was knighted and succeeded Sir Henry Roper as Chief Justice at Bombay, where he died in 1847.

Admitted 5 October, 1802.

Third son of David Pollock of Piccadilly. Before his entry at the Temple he was educated at Cambridge, where he graduated in 1806, being Senior Wrangler and Smith's Prizeman. He was called to the Bar 27 Nov. 1807, and soon acquired a large practice. He subsequently joined the Inner Temple where he was a Bencher in 1827, in which year he also took silk. In 1831 he entered Parliament for the borough of Huntingdon and was knighted in 1834 on becoming Attorney-General. In 1844 he succeeded Lord Abinger as Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, in which court he presided for nearly a quarter of a century. On his retirement in 1866 he received a baronetcy. He died at Hatton, Middlesex, 23 Aug. 1870.

Admitted 13 November, 1855.

Eldest son of Samuel Pope, merchant of London. He was born in London II Dec. 1826. He was for some time employed in commerce, but afterwards entered as a student at London University, and on being called to the Bar 7 June, 1858, soon acquired a leading position on the Northern Circuit. He took silk 23 June, 1869, and became a Bencher of his Inn 27 Jan. the following year. His later practice was chiefly in the Parliamentary Committee Rooms, and before his death he was the recognised head of the Parliamentary Bar. In 1869 he was made Recorder of Bolton, and twice, but unsuccessfully, contested that borough as a candidate for Parliament. He died 22 July, 1901. He was Reader at the Inn in 1877, and Treasurer in 1888—9, in which year he made a valuable donation of books to the Library.

Admitted 15 November, 1622.

Second son of (q.v.) of Littlecote, co. Wilts. He was educated at Oxford, and in 1640 was elected member for Bath. He succeeded his father in 1664 and took an active part on the Parliament side in the Civil War, and was one of Cromwell's Council of State. At the Restoration, however, he made his peace with the Court and entertained Charles II. at Littlecote in 1663. He died Nov. 1669.