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.

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.

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]

Pinder, Cyril Jocelyn, son of Arthur Pinder, of Kensington, by Violet Douglas, daughter of Edmund Routledge, of Westminster; b. May 7, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (G); left Dec. 1917; 2nd Lieut. Labour Corps Feb. 24, 1918; demob. Jan. 3, 1920; served in Salonika June 1918 - Nov. 1919; secretary of the O.W. Football Club 1924-35; d. Jan. 22, 1935.

PIGOTT, MONTAGUE HORATIO MOSTYN TURTLE, eldest son of Robert Turtle Pigott DCL, Secretary, Poor Clergy Relief Corporation, and Rebecca Webb (IGI); b. 9 Aug 1865; adm. 1 Apr 1880 (G); left Aug 1884; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Oct 1884; BA 1888; MA and BCL 1892; adm. Middle Temple 19 Jan 1886, called to bar 17 Nov 1890; for many years a contributor to The World newspaper; d. 26 Aug 1927.

Phillips, William Edward Adrian, son of William Edward Phillips, brewer, of Hammersmith, and Rosamond, d. of William Morgan Jellett KC MP, barrister, of Dublin, Ireland; b. 1 Jan. 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (G); left July 1954; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1956, BA 1959; PhD; lecturer, Dept. of Geology, Trin. Coll., Dublin, Ireland; d. 1 Nov. 2003.

Phillips, Edward Hamilton Dalrymple, son of Edward Egerton Phillips (qv); b. 25 Apr. 1910; adm. Jan. 1924 (G); left Apr. 1924; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. 1929, BA 1932; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1935; RAMC 1941-6 (Maj.), despatches (Med.) May 1946; Dip. in Anaesthesia RCP and RCS 1945; practised at Worcester Park, Surrey; recd 1973; m. 9 Sept. 1937 Aderyn Mary Lloyd, d. of Rev. Henry Martin Johnson, Rector of Alford, Somerset; d. 2009.