POWELL, CLAUDE TRINGHAM GRAHAM, third son of Capt. Francis Graham Powell, 2nd Dragoon Guards, and Elizabeth Marshall (IGI); b. 18 Jul 1869; adm. 31 May 1883 (G), exhibitioner; left Jul 1888; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1888; BA 1894; Cuddesdon Theol. Coll. ; ordained deacon 1894, priest 1895 (both Rochester); Curate, St. John’s, Kennington, Surrey 1894-1902, Odd Rode with St. Luke’s, Mow Cop, Cheshire 1902-4; Rector of Shipmeadow, Suffolk 1904-16; Vicar of St. Bartholomew’s, Ipswich, Suffolk 1916-46; Hon. Canon, St. Edmundsbury 1933-47, Canon Emeritus from 1947; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of St. Edmundsbury 1929-45; m. 15 Sep 1902 Margaret Elsie, youngest dau. of Dr. --- Miller, Oxford; d. 1952.

Potter, Reginald Francis, son of Edward Potter, of East Molesey, Surrey, by Harriet, daughter of Thomas White Collard, of Canterbury; b. Nov. 8, 1893; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); left July 1912; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. Aug. 7, 1914; Capt. 7th Batt. London Regt. June 1, 1916; served in France Sept. 1914 - March 1919; in the London Stock Exchange; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. Oct. 11, 1939; Flying Officer Jan. 17, 1941; Flight-Lieut. March 1, 1942; acting Wing Cdr.; m. June 9, 1926, Vera Rose, daughter of Harold Joseph Gayford, of Knightsbridge.

POPE, ARTHUR FREDERIC, only son of Edward Pope (qv); b. 4 Feb 1840; adm. 7 Oct 1852 (G); left 1858, with Triplett; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1858, Bishop Fell Student 1859; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1860; BA 1863; MA 1865; ordained deacon 1864, priest 1865 (both Winchester); Curate, St. Nicholas, Guildford, Surrey 1864-6, Christ Church, Bloomsbury, London 1870-2; Vicar of Tring, Herts., 1872-81; m. 30 Jul 1881 Catherine Isabella Ellen, elder dau. of Maj. James Rose, Kilravock Castle, Nairnshire, Bombay Army (previously EICS Bombay); d. 13 Mar 1921.

POOLE, MATTHEW CONWAY, son of Lieut. -Col. Matthew Stewart Poole, EICS Madras, and Anne Jemima Clarissa, dau. of Col. Thomas Henry Somerset Conway CB, EICS Madras, Adjutant-Gen., Madras; b. 1 Jan 1841; adm. Jan 1855 (G); left Dec 1857; Cadet, EICS Madras 1858; Ensign, 5th Native Infantry 20 Aug 1858; Lieut., 1 Jan 1862; Capt., 20 Aug 1870; Maj., 20 Aug 1878; Lieut. -Col., 20 Aug 1884; Deputy Commissioner, British Burma; m.; d. 28 Feb 1885.

Pollitzer, Sebastian Charles, brother of Jonathan Piers Pollitzer (qv); b. 13 Nov. 1943; adm. May 1957 (G); left Dec. 1961; St Catherine’s Coll. Oxf., matric. 1962, BA 1966; Roy. Free Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BS 1973; worked with Save the Children Fund in South Vietnam 1971-2; house appts. 1973-4; m. Nov. 1973 Melanie Joan Pollitzer MB BS, med. practitioner, d. of Peter Moss, author, of Lewes, Sussex; lost at sea from yacht after collision off Gibraltar 16 Nov. 1975.

Pollitzer, Jonathan Piers, son of Edward Percy Pollitzer, hon. treas. Save the Children Fund and chmn. London Opera Centre, and Mary Gillies, d. of William Gillies Whittaker, Gardiner Prof. of Music, Univ. of Glasgow; b. 6 Sept. 1941; adm. Sept. 1955 (G); left July 1960; St Catherine’s Coll. Oxf., matric. 1960, BA 1963; editor Cassells 1964-5, ADAM International Review 1966-7; lecturer and writer on ballet 1968-; d. 22 May 2003.

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.

Pocock, Thomas Allcot Guy, son of Guy Noel Pocock, novelist and BBC ed., and Dorothy Allcot, d. of Rt. Rev. John Phillips Allcot Bowers DD, Bishop of Thetford; b. 18 Aug. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (G); left July 1939; small ships and war correspondent in WW2; a journalist and author; foreign correspondent Hulton Press 1944-8; naval correspondent Daily Mail 1950-3, The Times 1953-6; Daily Express staff 1956-8; defence correspondent, Evening Standard 1959-73; travel editor, Evening Standard 1973-82; self-employed author & journalist; author, many books on naval history; d. 7 May 2007.

Plummer, Raymond, son of Sidney Herbert Plummer, barrister-at-law, Asst Sec. Admiralty, and Hannah Evelyn, d. of James Abernethy Nicol of Streatham; b. 7 Aug. 1910; adm. Jan. 1924 (G); left July 1928; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1931, MA 1950; a chartered accountant, ACA 1934, FCA 1951; practised in London, retd 1973; hon. sec. Elizabethan Club 1955-70, chair­man 1972-5; chairman Lond. Federation of Boys' Clubs 1963-7; hon. treas. City Music Soc.; d. 29 Mar. 1977.

PLAYFAIR, HUGH JAMES MOORE, son of Major-Gen. Archibald Lewis Playfair, Indian Staff Corps (previously EICS Bengal), and his first wife Isabella, dau. of George Huntley Ord, Manchester; b. 24 Jun 1864; adm. 11 Feb 1876 (G); London Univ.; MB 1890; MD 1892; King’s Coll. Hospital and Berlin; MRCS 1890; FRCS 1899; MRCP 1896; FRCP 1918; Chevalier, Légion d’Honneur; practised in London; d. 25 Mar 1928.