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 S31 KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE [PONSONBY at R.X.A. Gosport ; joined R.N. 18(32, lieut. 1869, commd. 1881, capt. 1888, rear-adm. 1901, vice-adm. 190G, adm. 1910 ; was in H.M.S. " Bombay " when destroyed by fire o££ Monte Video 18(54 ; naval adviser to insp.-gen. of forti- fications 1889-90 : commodore of training squadron 1897-1900 ; second in command of Home Fleet 1903-4 ; in command of First Cruiser Squadron 1904-5 : C.-in-C. E. Indies Squadron 1905, Cape of Good Hope station 1907-8, and Mediterranean Fleet 1910-13 ; ret. 1914; received Roy. Humane Soc.'s bronze medal for saving life 1875 ; clasp 1876 and Jubilee medal 1897 ; naval A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, and to King Edward VII ; and first naval A.D.C. to King ■George V from 1912 ; J. P., Queen's county ; is grand officer of the Legion of Honour ; has the ■Grand Cordon of the Osmanieh and the Rising Sun of Japan, with Pawlonia Flower ; and the XDoronation medal of 1911. Residence — Black Hill, Abbeyleix, Queen's co. Clubs — • United Service ; R.N. (Portsmouth) ; Kildare Street <Dublin). Issue — 1. Capt. 'WUliam Skefflngton Poe, R.M.A., b. 24 June, 1878 ; Assist. Insp. of Steel. Sheffield, served in Naval Brig, in S. Africa (medal with 3 clasps), 1899-1900 ; m. 15 Nov. 1909, jean Rosina, dau. of Col. Boyd, of Crofton House, Farehaui., 2. Lieut. Basil Elchard Poe, K.N., b. 27 Jan. 1883 ; has coronation medals 1902 and 1911 ; m. 17 Nov. 1908, Margaret, dau. of Bev. W. llichards, of West- ridge, Rydie. 1. Grace Mary Leonora, m. 14 JIarch, 1907, Capt. Howard Kelly, R.N., M.V.O., naval attache at Paris, 1911-14, in command of H.M.S. " Gloucester," Mediterranean station, and has issue. POLAND, Knt. Bach. Croat. 1895.— Sie Harey Bodkin Poland, s. of Peter Poland, of Highsate, merchant, and Sarah Selina, dau. of llatless Jackson. B. 9 July, 1829 ; ed. at St. Paul's Sch. ; Barr.-at-law (Inner Temple) 1851, and went the home circuit ; bencher 1879 ; K.C. (1888) ; was for many years the leading counsel at the Central Criminal Court, and one of the •counsel to the Treasury and the Home Office, but has now retired : was counsel to the London Bankers Protection Assocn. ; recorder of Dover 1874-1901 ; Alderman L.C.C. 1885 ; D.L., J.P. CO. London ; hon. freeman of Dover. Residence ^28, Sloane Gardens, S.W. Chambers — 5, Paper Buildings, Temple, E.C. Clubs — Garrick, ■Junior Carlton ; New Club (Brighton). POLLARD, Knt. Bach. Croat. 1909.— Sib "George Herbert Pollard, s. of late James Pollard, of Souihport, and Ellen, dau. of Edmund Robinson, of Burnlev. B. at Burnley, 20 Oct. 1864 ; m. 21 June, 1888, Charlotte EUzabeth, dau. of late John Butterworth, of Burnley, J.P. ; ■ed. at Edinburgh, Oxford, and Paris ; M.D. 1890, M.B., CM. 1886 : Barr.-at-law (Inner Temple) 1893 (Northern Circuit) ; M.P. S.E. L-ancashire (Eccles div.) since 1906 ; unsuccessfully con- tested Southporr 1892, and Radchffe div. 1895 ; late memb. Lanes C.C. ; J.P. Southport (Mayor 1897). Residence — Sundown, Southport. Clubs — Reform ; National Liberal. POLLOCK, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Adriana, dau. of Sir Harris Nicolas, G.C.M.G., K.H. ^l. 26 Nov. 1856, Maj.-Gen. Sir (Frederick) Richard Pollock, K.C.S.I., a distinguished Indian officer, who d. 24 Dec. 1899. Residence — 47, Norfolk Square, W. Issue — • 1. Dighton Nicholas Pollock, b. 5 March, 18G4 ; ed. at Camb., B.A.. Barr.-at-law. Club — Atluua;um. 2. Adrian Donald Wilde Pollock, b. 24 Sept. 1867 ; City Remembrancer of London 1903-12, and City Chamberlain since 1912 ; lias many foreign orders ; ni. 17 March. 1894, Hon. Mary Honorah Rhoda Gulley, dau. of William. 1st Vise. Selby. Residence— 11, CoUingham Gardens, S.W. Club — Brooks's. Issue — Anne Sti-plianie. Elizabeth Marv. . 1. Mabel Homera, m. 14 April, 1894, Maj. Lincoln Sandwith, late Sth Hussars. Residence — Rowler, Croughton, Brackley, Northauts. POLLOCK, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Amy Men- ELLA, dau. of Ma.ster Dodgson. ^I. 23 Dec. 1865, as his 3rd wife, Hon. Sir Charles Edward Pollock, last surviving Baron of the Exchequer, who was for 24 years on the Bench as Baron and Judge of the High Court, and who d. 21 Nov. 1897. Residence — Derryland, Harrow-on-the- Hill. Issue — 1. George Hume Pollock, b. 25 April, 1870 ; m. 25 Sept. 1900, Margaret Agnata, dau. of Sir Richard Harington, 11th Bt. Residence — 15, Montagu Street, W. Issue — 1. Charles Harington Pollock, b. 1 Sept. 190t;. 1. Agnata Cecilia. 2. Margaret Georgina. 2. Robert Pollock, b. 15 Oct. 1874, B.A. Camb., solicitor ; m. 12 Jan. 1914, Ethel -Mary Piirefoy, dau. of James Crofts Powell. Residence — 12, Clieyne Gardens, S.W. Club— Union. 3. Hassard Hume Pollock, b. 10 March, 1876; ed. at Camb. Residence — Albanv Chambers, Queen Ann's Gate, S.W. Club— Bath. 1. Isabel Amy. 2. Helen. 3. Kate, m. 10 June, 1893, Samuel Bostoek. Resi- dence — Laiustou House, Winchester, and has issue. i. Ethel Caroline, m. 28 June, 1905, Ernest Schwann, and has] issue. Residence — Windmill House, Coles- hill, Bucks. 5. Margaret Hoinera. 6. Gertrude Menella.J PONSONBY, K.CV.O. Great. 1910; C.V.O. 1901 ; M.V.O. (4th cl.) 1897 ; C.B. (civ.) 1906.— Lt.-Col. Sir Frederick Edward Grey Pon- .sonby, 2nd s. of late Gen. the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Fredk. Ponsonby, P.C., G.C.B., priv. sec. and Keeper of the Privy Purse to Queen Victoria, and the Hon. Mary Elizabeth, V.A. (Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria), dau. of John Croker Bulteel, of Flete, Devon. B. 16 Sept. 1867 ; m. 17 May, 1899, Ria, dau. of Col. Edmund Ken- ' nard, of Bruton Street, W. ; ed. at Eton ; major (late) Grren. Gds., served in S. Africa 1900-1 ; maj. and brev. It.-col. res. of officers ; asst. priv. sec. and Eciuerry-in-ord. to the Kmg 1910-14 ; Keeper of the Privy Purse 1914 ; was an Equerry- in-Ord. to Queen Victoria 1894-1901, asst. Keeper of the Privj' Purse and asst. priv. sec. to Queen Victoria 1897-1901 ; Eciuerry to King Edward VII, and asst. Keeper of the Privy Purse and asst. priv. sec. 1901-10 ; has the Order of the Crown of Prussia, the Red Eagle of Germany, the Crown of Italy, the Legion of Honour 'and many other Orders. Residences — Marlborough Gate, St. James's Palace, S.W. ; Great Tangley Manor, Guildford. Issue —. Edward Gaspard Ponsonby (King Edward Vll sponsor) b. 7 June, 1903. Loelia Mary. PONSONBY, Hon. Lady (Knt.'s widow, late Maid of Honour). — Mary Elizabeth, dau. of John Croker Bulteel, of Flete, Devon, and Lady EHzabeth Grrey. M. 30 April, 1861, Gen. the Right Hon. Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, Gren. Guards, P.C., G.C.B., who served in the Crimea, was Equerry to H.R.H. the Prince Con- sort, and was for five and twenty years priv. sec. and Keeper of the Privy Purse to (^ueen Victoria, and who d. 21 Nov. 1895 ; late extra bedchamber woman to Queen Victoria, sometime Maid of Honour ; V.A. Residences — St. James's Palace, S.W. ; (irilmuire, Ascot. Issue — 1. Lt.-Col. John Ponsonby, Colds. Guards, D.S.O., b. 25 ilarch, 1861) ; served in Matabeleland, Uganda, and S. Africa. Club — Guards'. 2. Sir Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, K.C.V.O., whom see. 3. Arthur Augustus William Henry Ponsonby, M.P., b. 16 Feb. 1871 ; page of Hon. to Queen Mctoria 1882-87, in Dipl. Serv. 189J-1903, priv. sec. to Prime Minist.T 1905-7, M.P. for Stirling Burghs since 1908; m. 12 April, 1898, Dorothea, dau. of Sir Charles Hubert