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POLE, EVAN WILLIAMS, youngest son of William Pole MICE MusDoc FRS, Westminster, civil engineer, and Matilda, youngest dau. of Rev. Henry Gauntlett, Vicar of Olney, Bucks.; b. 4 Jul 1859; adm. 22 Sep 1870; QS 1874; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1878, matr. 11 Oct 1878; BA 1882; MA 1885; ordained 1892; Assistant Master, King Edward VI School, Louth, Lincs., 1882-4, Bradfield Coll. 1885-95, Dulwich Coll. 1897-8; a violinist; m. 14 Oct 1908 Laura Elizabeth, second dau. of James Weston, Lutton, Northants; d. Dec 1930.

POLE, C. W.; b.; at school under Carey; member, OW Cricket Club in 1828. [Quite probably Charles William Pole, b. c. 1805; extra clerk, Committee Office, House of Commons 1824, Committee Clerk 1831, Assistant Clerk 1849, Senior Clerk 1853, Principal Clerk 1864, retired 1872, m. (by 1842) Ellen ---, d. 12 Dec 1894].

Poland, Raymond Denham, son of John Poland, F.R.C.S., of St. Marylebone, by Mary Roberts, daughter of James G. Denham, of Edinburgh; b. Nov. 11, 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (H); left Easter 1905; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. London Regt. July 19, 1916; Lieut. Jan. 19, 1918; d. Oct. 14, 1947.

POLAND, ERNEST, youngest son of Richard Henry Poland, Eliot Vale, Blackheath, Kent, fur merchant, and Harriet, dau. of John Allan, Whitby, Yorks.; b. 7 Jul 1862; adm. 26 Apr 1876 (H, G); left Aug 1881; fur and skin merchant, firm P. R. Poland & Son, Queen Victoria Street, London; one of the founders and Vice-Presidents, London Fur Trade Association, and a well-known authority on furs; Technical Adviser to British Government for Pelagic Fur Sealing Treaty, 1911; m. 26 Jun 1888 Edith Jane Sophia, dau. of Percy Moses Parsons, Blackheath, Kent; d. 31 Jan 1932.

POINTELL, DANIEL, son of Edward Pointell, Chislehurst, Kent, and Judith, dau. of Daniel Shettenden; bapt. 30 Nov 1623; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1641, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1641, scholar 1642, matr. Easter 1642; BA 1644/5; MA 1648; Rector of Staplehurst, Kent 1648 – Aug 1662, when ejected for refusal to conform; established an Independent congregation there (licensed as Presbyterian minister 10 Aug 1672); m. 8 Nov 1653 Mary, dau. of Ninian Butcher, St. Mary Aldermanbury, London; buried Staplehurst, Kent 12 Jun 1674.

POIGNAND, LEWIS, eldest son of Lewis Poignand MD, Parliament Street, Westminster; b. 26 Feb 1781; adm. 12 Jan 1790; in school lists 1795, 1797; Cadet, EICS Madras 1799; Lieut., 15 Jul 1800; 11th Native Infantry 15 Dec 1800; Capt., 15 Mar 1810; d. in India 19 Dec 1812.

POIGNAND, CHARLES, brother of Lewis Poignand (qv); b. 21 Feb 1786; adm. 1 Apr 1800; in school list 1801; Junior Clerk, Ordnance Office Jul 1803; 2nd cl. Clerk Jan 1811; 1st cl. Clerk Jan 1832; Chief Clerk, Barrack Branch Dec 1834; Chief Clerk, Ordnance Office Jan 1854; retired Apr 1856; m. Marion, dau. of George Turner, Reigate, Surrey; d. 22 May 1872.

POGSON, BEDINGFIELD, younger son of John Pogson, Deep Bay estate, St. Kitts, West Indies, and Downsal Hall, Essex, and Elizabeth Mary Milward; bapt. Edwardstone, Suffolk 16 Dec 1756 (IGI); adm. 23 Sep 1765; left Easter 1773; of Sutton, Surrey; m. 11 May 1780 (IGI) Elizabeth Philadelphia, dau. of Charles Pearce Hall; d. 28 Nov 1801.

POCOCKE, ROBERT, son of Rev. Edward Pococke DD, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Regius Professor of Hebrew, Oxford Univ., and Mary, dau. of Thomas Burdet, West Worldham, Hampshire; bapt. Childrey, Berks., 15 May 1657 (IGI); adm.; KS 1671; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 May 1673, aged 15, Canoneer Student 25 Jul 1673 – void 1701; BA 6 Feb 1676/7; MA 1679; ordained deacon (Oxford) 6 Jun 1680; perhaps living Long Ditton, Surrey, in 1691. [will of Rev. Robert Pocock, Rector of Long Ditton, Surrey, proved PCC 3 Aug 1714]