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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.

POLLEXFEN, THOMAS, brother of John Pollexfen (qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1723.

POLLEXFEN, JOSIAS, brother of John Pollexfen (qv); bapt. Holberton, Devon 28 Aug 1712 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Oct 1723; Min. Can. 1725.

POLLEXFEN, JOHN, son of John Pollexfen, Mothecombe, Holberton, Devon, and Elizabeth, dau. of Josias Calmady, Leawood, Devon; bapt. Holberton, Devon 17 Mar 1708 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) May 1722; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Nov 1725, aged 16 (father of “Halliton”, Devon); adm. Inner Temple 9 Apr 1726. [will of John Pollexfen, Mothecombe, Devon, proved PCC 4 Sep 1750]

POLLEXFEN, HENRY, brother of John Pollexfen (qv); bapt. Holberton, Devon 23 Nov 1710 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 14) 1725; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1729, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1729, aged 18, scholar 17 Apr 1730; BA 1732/3; Minor Fellow 2 Oct 1734, Major Fellow from 1735; d. c. 1735.

POLLEN, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1543 (Chapter Muniments).

POLLARD, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1750 (Hawkins').

POLLARD, WILLIAM HENRY, brother of Robert Blemell Pollard (qv); b.; in school lists 1797, 1801; BB; medical practitioner at Avignon, France.

POLLARD, ROBERT BLEMELL, son of Robert Blemell Pollard, Master of St. Margaret’s Hospital, Westminster, and Charity ---; b. 10 Mar 1783; at school 1793; in school list 1795; BB 1795-1801; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. Bishop Williams scholar 20 May 1801; BA 1805; Master of Green Coat School, Tothill Fields, Westminster; subsequently Master of Blemell House School, Knightsbridge (on site later occupied by Brompton Oratory); m. 31 Jul 1806 Frances Crispe, Snodland, Kent; d. 10 Jan 1864.

Pollard, Hugh Bertie Campbell, only son of Joseph Pollard, M.R.C.S., of St. Marylebone, by Helen Dora Colebrook, daughter of Frederick Hendricks, F.F.A., F.S.A., of Kensington; b. Jan. 6, 1884; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (R); left Dec. 1903; 2nd Lieut. 25th Cyclist Batt. London Regt. May 9, 1912; Lieut. Nov. 6, 1914; Capt. June 1, 1916; special correspondent of the Daily Express 1912-20; Staff Officer (Intelligence) War Office 1916-18; at the Irish Office 1920-2; sporting editor of Country Life 1922; an authority on ancient and modern fire-arms; admitted to the Middle Temple Oct. 24, 1918; Major, General Staff (War Office) 1940; Chevalier, Imperial Order, Red Arrows of Spain; author of The Secret Societies of Ireland (1922) and other works; m. 1914 Ruth Marie, daughter of Francis Gibbons, of Penn Hall, Staffs.; d. Mar. 1966.