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 POLE-CAREW, SIR REGINALD (1849–)

Born May I, 1849 : son of W. H. Pole-Carew : educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford : served in the Coldstream Guards, 1869–90 : was Private Secretary to Sir Hercules Robinson in N. S. Wales, 1876–7 : A.D.C. to Lord Lytton, Viceroy of India, 1878–9 : A.D.C. to Sir F. Roberts in the Afghan war, 1879–80 : A.D.C. to H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught in Egypt, 1882 : Military Secretary to Sir F. Roberts when C. in C, Madras, 1884–5, and C. in C., India, 1885–90 : commanded the Coldstream Guards, 1895–9 : commanded the Guards Brigade in South Africa, 1900 : promoted to Maj-General : K.C.B. in 1900.

POLEHAMPTON, REV. HENRY STEDMAN (1824–1857)

Son of the Rev. Edward Polehampton : born Feb. I, 1824 : educated at Eton, and Pembroke College, Oxford : Fellow : ordained, 1848 : Rector of St. Aldate's, Oxford : Chaplain in the E. I. Co. service, 1855 : went out to Calcutta, 1856 : Chaplain at Lucknow : in the Residency during the siege in 1857 : wounded : died from cholera, July 20, 1857 : his letters and diary were published in 1859.

POLIER, ANTOINE LOUIS HENRI (1741–1795)

Born at Lausanne, Feb. 1741 : son of Jacques H. E. Poller : of French extraction : naturalized in Switzerland : went out to India, 1757 : entered the service of the English E. I. Co. : was Assistant Engineer at Calcutta, and in 1762 Chief Engineer, as Captain : his post was given to an English officer, but restored- to him after an interval, during which he saw active service under Clive. Further promotion being refused to him, on account of his nationality, he resigned, 1776, and by Hastings' help entered the service of the Nawabs of Oudh, Shuja and Asaf-ud-daula as architect and engineer : was driven thence by the enmity of the Council : served the Mogul Emperor at Delhi in a military command : Hastings appointed him Lt-Colonel, with leave to reside at Lucknow : where he wrote historical memoirs, and studied Hindu mythology and poetry : returned to Europe, 1788 : to Avignon, 1792 : through his Oriental display of wealth he was attacked by robbers, and murdered, Feb. 9, 1795 : collected MSS. : the first European who succeeded in obtaining a complete copy of the Vedas : the Pote collection at Eton College was mainly made by him.

POLLOCK, SIR DAVID (1780–1847)

Son of David Pollock : brother of Sir George (q.v.), and Sir J. F. : born Sep. 2, 1780 : educated at St. Paul's School, and at Edinburgh University : called to the bar from the Middle Temple, 1803 : Recorder of Maidstone, 1808 : K.C., 1833 : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Bombay, 1846, and knighted : died there May 22, 1847.

POLLOCK, SIR FREDERICK RICHARD (1827–1899)

Son of Sir J. F. Pollock, Bart., Lord Chief Baron : educated at King's College School : entered the 49th Bengal N.I., 1844 : present as Political Officer at the sieges of Multan in the Panjab campaign, 1848–9 : in several frontier expeditions : Commissioner of Peshawar : on the Seistan Boundary Commission, 1872, as Maj-General : K.C.S.I., 1873 : retired, 1879 : died Dec. 24, 1899.

POLLOCK, SIR GEORGE, BARONET (1786–1872)

Field Marshal : son of David Pollock of Charing Cross, saddler to Geo. III : born June 4, 1786 : educated at Vauxhall and the R.M.A., Woolwich : joined the E. L Co.'s Bengal Artillery in 1803 : in Lord Lake's Army against Holkar, in 1804 : was at the siege and occupation of Deeg, Dec. 25, 1804 : at the siege of Bhartpur, 1805 : commanded the Artillery in the Nipal war, 1814–5, in one of the Divisions : Brig-Major of the Bengal Artillery : Brevet-Major, 1819 : in the Burmese war of 1824–6, commanding Artillery, at Prome, Maloun, and Yandaboo : C.B. : Brig-General at Dinapur, 1838 : commanded Agra District : Maj-General, 1838 : at Peshawar in Feb. 1842, in command of the expedition to relieve Sale at Jalalabad, forced the Khyber with his Army of Retribution, and relieved Sale on April 16 : when ordered by Lord Ellenborough to withdraw from