PINNOCK, PHILIP; b.; adm. 23 Jun 1796; in school list 1801 (G). [probably Philip Pinnock, son of George Pinnock, and Grace ---; b. Jamaica 13 Dec 1784; m. 21 Jan 1821 Charlotte Anna Caroline Lee Grant; d. 1830]
Pitt-Lewis, George Francis, son of George Pitt-Lewis, K.C., of Norfolk Square, Hyde Park, London, by Mary Ann Isabel, daughter of Gen. John George Palmer, Madras Staff Corps; b. April 28, 1888; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 26, 1901 (G); left July 1906; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. 1909; served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Devon Regt. July 2, 1915; acting Capt. 1st Batt. Jan. 1917; wounded April 23, 1917, at Vimy Ridge; acting Capt. 5th Batt. Aug. 31, 1918; demob. April 1919; M.C. Feb. 15, 1919; admitted a solicitor, Nov. 1912; retired from practice 1961 as senior partner in Coward, Chance & Co., London; a member of the Council of the Law Society 1944-60; secretary to the Governing Body of the School 1944-61; Master of the Broderers Company 1959; Member of the Disciplinary Committee constituted under the Solicitors Act, 1960-1; m. July 10, 1926, Edith Emily Phyllis, youngest daughter of Henry Mead, of Ladbroke Gdns., London; d. 17 Sept. 1966.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.