POMEROY, JOHN JAMES, 5TH VISCOUNT HARBERTON (I), eldest son of Rev. John Pomeroy, 4th Viscount Harberton (I), Prebendary of St. Patrick’s, Dublin, and Esther, eldest dau. of James Spencer, Rathangan, co. Kildare; b. 29 Sep 1790; adm.; KS 1805; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1809, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 May 1809; Cornet, 20th Light Dragoons 28 Jan 1813; Lieut., 25 Aug 1814; retd. 31 Aug 1815; succ. father as 5th Viscount Harberton (I) 4 Jul 1833; m. 1 Mar 1822 Caroline, dau. of Sir John Robinson, Bart. (adm. 1767, qv); d. 5 Oct 1862.

POMEROY, JOHN, son of Arthur Pomeroy (qv); b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1691; left 1692; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1693, aged 16; BA 1697; MA 1700; ordained deacon 22 Dec 1700, priest 31 May 1702 (both Cork); Chancellor of Cork 20 Sep 1710-7; Archdeacon of Cork from 30 Aug 1717; m. 1716 Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Edmund Donellan, Cloghran, co. Roscommon; d. 1724/5.

Ponder, Eric Milton, son of Frank Milton Ponder, of Shortlands, Kent, by Laura Maria, daughter of John Radforde, of London; b. May 29, 1887; adm. April 23, 1902 (H); left July 1904; enlisted in H.A.C. on the outbreak of Great War I; resigned on account of ill health; d. Sept. 18, 1916.

Ponder, Frank Vaulouve, brother of Eric Milton Ponder (q.v.); b. June 5, 1895; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (R); left Easter 1912; a clerk in the Local Government Guarantee Soc. 1912; 2nd Lieut. Bucks Batt. (T.F.) Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Sept. 16, 1917, attached M.G.C.; served in France and Flanders; m. May 30, 1925, Mary Mona, younger daughter of John Patterson, of Beckenham, Kent; d. June 6, 1929.

Ponsford, Arthur Russell, son of Arthur Cuthbertson Ponsford, solicitor, of Bromley, Kent, and Edith Cecilia, d. of Rev. Andrew Russell, Presbyterian Minister, of Leslie, Fifeshire; b. 16 Apr. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left Apr. 1929; adm. a solicitor 1938, practised in London; RAFVR (A & SD) in WW2 (FO), despatches Jan. 1946; m. 5 Feb. 1944 Marguerite Elizabeth, d. of John William Kemp of St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex; d. 4 Sept. 1985.

Ponsford, Cyril Warner, brother of Arthur Russell Ponsford (qv); b. 9 Aug. 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (A); left Dec. 1932; d. 16 May 1934.

POOK, CHARLES OLIVER, brother of Henry William James Pook (qv); b. 30 Jan 1851; adm. 25 Sep 1862 (James'); left Aug 1863; adm. solicitor Dec 1882; practised in London; living 1900; m. (by 1881) Eugene A. ---.

POOK, HENRY WILLIAM JAMES, elder son of Henry Pook, Greenwich, Kent, solicitor, and Martha --- (1881 Census); b. 10 Oct 1848; adm. 25 Sep 1862 (James'); left Aug 1863; adm. solicitor Mich. 1872; practised at Greenwich, firm Henry Pook & Son; no longer in Law List 1900.

POOLE (or POLE), RICHARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, scholar 1547; 6th in “ordo” 1548/9; BA 1548/9; an undated draft letter from Alexander Nowell, Headmaster of the School, recommending him to John Christopherson, Master of Trinity, refers to him as Richard Pole (Brasenose Coll. Oxford, MS 31, f. 36a).

POOLE, BARNABAS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1655, matr. 1 Apr 1656 (described as “cler. fil. ”, i. e. son of a clergyman), Westminster Student; BA 27 Jan 1658/9; MA 1661; ordained; Rector of Brailsford, Derbs., from 1669; Vicar of South Wingfield, Derbs., from 1676; d. 6 Dec 1698.