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 730 THE KNIGHTAGE. Islands 1869 71, Leeward Islands 1871,3, Natal 1873 5 (son of Benjamin C. Pine, of Tunbridge Wells); b., 1813; m. 1st— , 1841, Elizabeth, dau. of John Campbell, of Lochead, co. Argyll (whose name he assumed); she d. 1847. He m. 2ndly— 1859, Margaret Anne, only tlau. of late Col. John Simpson, Bengal army. Ravenscroft, Mon. POLAND. SiE "William Hexry. knighted 1831, in which year he was sheriff Middx. one of H.M.'s lieuts. for city of London (son of Peter Ray- mond Poland, of London); b. 7 Mar. 1797; m. 16 Sept. 1820. Sophia, dau. of John George Poland, of London; she d. 11 Feb. 1863. 2, Blackbeath Villas, Blackheath, S.E. POLLOCK, Hon. Sib Charles Edward, knighted 1873, on appointment as baron of the exchequer, son of Right Hon. Lord Chief Baron Pollock. (See Baronetage.) Croft, Putney Hill, Surrey. POLLOCK. Major-Gex. (bt.) Sir Frederick Richard, k.c.s.i. 1873, lieut.-col. bt.-col. Bengal s.c. (retd.). commissioner and superinten- dent Peshawur 1866/79, brother of Sir Charles Edward Pollock aforesaid. (See Baronetage.) PONSONBY, Gen. Right Hon. Sir Henry Frederick, k.c.b. 1879, retd. list 1881, p.c. 1880, keeper of Her Majesty's privy purse 1878 (son of Major-Gen. the Hon. Sir Frederick Caven- dish Ponsonby, G.C.M.G. son of Frederick, 3rd Earl Bessborough — see Peerage.) Buckinghain Palace, S.W. Norman Tower, Windsor Castle, &c. POWER, Sib Alfred, k.c.b. 1873. v.p. local government board, Ireland, 1872 9, bar.-at- law m.t. 1830. assist, poor law commissioner Eng- land 1834. chief commissioner jioor law IreLind 1849 (son of John Power, of Lichfield, Ji.D.); b. 1 Feb. 1805 ; m. 30 Sept. 1836, Lucy Anne, elder dau. (and coheir) of Thomas Starkie, Q.C. fellow of Catherine Hall, Cambridge, Do%vning professor of law at Cambridge (by his wife Lucy, dau. of Rev. Thomas Dunham WTiitaker, LL.D. F.S.A. the well- known antiquary and local historian). 35, Raglan Road, Dublin. POA^'ER, Sib William Tyrone, k.c.b. 1865, agent-gen for N.z. since 1876. served in China 1843 and 1857/8, N.z. war 1846, Kaffir war 1851, Crimea, in Canada 1861. commissary-gen.-in-chief 1864 70, director of supplies and transport 1870/1, sheriff CO. Monaghan 1873 (son of TjTone Power, of Waterford); b. 1819; m. 1859, Martha, dau. of John Moorhead, of Monaghan. 25, HoUand Park, W PRENDERGAST. Sir James, c.j. supreme court. New Zealand, knighted by letters patent, 1 Nov. 1881, b.a. Queen's Coll. Camb. 1850. bar.-at-law M.T. 1856, attoraey-gen. New Zealand 1865 (eldest son of late Michael Prendergast, Q.C. bv his -wife Caroline, sister of late George Dance, bIa.) ; b. 1828. PRESTON, Sir John, knighted 1878, when mayor of Belfast (son of Alexander Preston, of Derylun, Loughgall); b. 12 Jan. 1817; m. 19 Jan. 18*43, dau. of James Johnstone, of Stoke Newington, Middx. and has with other issue a son, (1) John (2nd son), capt. 4th R. Irish rifles ; b. ; m. 6 Oct. 1881. El dau. of late Thomas Robarts Thellusson, Esq. (B. Rendlesham), s. p. Queen Anne's Mansions, St. James's Park, S.W. PYCROFT, Sir Thomas, k.c.s.i. 1866, Madras c.s. 1829/67, under-sec. revenue board 1843 5, sec. 1845/50, sec. to government revenue and judicial departments 1850/5, chief sec. 1855/62, member council at Madras 1862/7 (son of Thomas Pycroft, bar.-at-law); b. 1807; m. 1841, Frances, dau. of Major H. Bates, R.A. and has issue. (1) Frances Georgina (2nd dau.). m. 25 July, 1865, to Major Hugh Richard Hope, Indian army (Bakt.) 17, Cleveland Gardens, S.W. VON PAWEL RAMMINGEN,(Sib)Luitbert Alexander George Lionel Alphonse Freiherr, k.c.b. (D. Cumberland). RAMSAY, Gen. the Hon. Sir Henry, k.c.s.i. 1875, C.B. commissioner Kumaon since 1856, brother of i2th Earl Dalhousie. (See Peerage.) Almora, Kumaon, India. RAMSAY, Sir Andrew Crombie, ll.d. knighted at Windsor Castle, 7 Dec. 1881, director-gen. geological survey of the United Kingdom and of the museum of economic geology, prof, geology at B. school of mines, London, 1851, president geological soc. 1862/3, &c. author of various geological works, F.B.S.; b. 1814. RAMSDEN, Sir James, knighted 1872, sherifT CO. Lane. 1873, hon. col. 10th Lancashire R.v. director Fumess Railway, the Barrow Hematite Steel Company, &c. (son of William Ramsden) ; b. 23 Feb. 1822; m. 9 June, 1852, Annie, dau. of Robert Edwards, and has a son, (1) Frederic James, b. 25 Nov. 1859. Ablxits Wood, Fumess Abbey. RAWLINSON. Sib Chbistopheb, knighted 1847, M.A. Trin. Coll. Camb. bar.-at-law m.t. 1831, recorder of Portsmouth 1840 7, of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca, 1847/9, chief justice Madras 1849/59 (son of John Rawlinson, of Alresford and Upper Clatford, Hants); b. 1806; m. 1847. Georgina Maria, youngest dau. of late Alexander Radclyfife Sidebottom, Esq. and has 3 sons and a dau. (1) Christopher, b. 13 Mar. 1850. (2) Albemarle Alexander, capt. 8th hussars; b. 27 Sept. 1853. (3) John, b. 21 Dec. 1860. (4) Mary Felicia. The Lawn, Swindon. RAWLINSON. Majoe-Gen. Sib Henry Cres- wicke. k.c.b. (civil) 4 Feb. 1856, f.b.s. D.C.L. ll.d. memljcr of Indian council 1858/9, and since 1868, in Indian army 1827/56, political agent Candahar 1840,2. in Turkish Arabia 1843/55, consul at Bagdad 1844,51, consul-gen. 1855/6, k.l.s. of Persia, Tooranee order and Prussian order of merit, envoy and minister to Persia 1859/60, with rank of major-gen. M.P. Reigate 1858, Frome 1865/9, cor- responding member institute of France, one of H.M.'s lieuts. city of London, president B.G.8. 1871/5, trustee British museum since 1878, crown director e.i.c. [brother of Canon Rawlinson, professor of ancient historj', Oxford, sons of Abram Tysack Rawlinson. of Chadlineton, Oxon. formorlv of