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).

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.

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, ARTHUR, son of John Pomeroy, Devon; b.; adm.; in school lists 1656; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1657, matr. 22 May 1657, scholar 1658, matr. Mich. 1660; 10th in “ordo” 1660/1; BA 1660/1; MA 1664; DD 1676; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1661 – c. 1674; ordained; Chaplain to Earl of Essex, Lord Lieut. Ireland; Dean of Cork from 11 Feb 1672/3; Treasurer of Cloyne from 5 May 1673; Prebendary of Limerick 1 Oct 1674-8; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Richard Osborne, Bart. MP (I), Ballintayler, co. Waterford; d. 1709/10.

POLLYN, NICHOLAS; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1544 (Chapter Muniments); probably Nicholas Pollen who matr. as pensioner, Michael House, Cambridge Mich. 1546.

POLLOCK, ALGERNON MARSHAM, brother of Arthur Becher Pollock (qv); b. 2 Nov 1823; adm. 19 Jan 1835; QS 1838; left 1839; banker’s agent, Newcastle upon Tyne (living Jesmond, Northumberland, 1881 Census); m. 27 Sep 1860 Susanna Elizabeth Rutherford; d. 20 Jan 1910.

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, GEORGE EDWARD, eldest son of Edward William Pollard MRCS LSA, Brompton Square, London, and his second wife Emma Louise, eldest dau. of George Edward Thompson, Woodbridge, Suffolk, shipowner; grandson of Robert Blemell Pollard (qv); b. 30 Jun 1852; adm. 15 Jun 1865; QS 1868; left Dec 1868; St. George’s Hospital; LSA 1879; LRCP Edinburgh and LM 1880; LRCS Edinburgh 1880; medical practitioner at Corby, Lincs.; d. 11 Mar 1883.

POLHILL, JOHN BOSANQUET, son of Rev. Robert Polhill, Vicar of Goudhurst, Kent, and Mellicent ---; bapt. Goudhurst 23 Oct 1771; adm. 13 Jan 1785; KS (aged 13) 1785; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1790, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1790 [check], scholar 6 May 1791; BA 1794; MA 1797; Whitehall Preacher 1799; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1796, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1797; ordained deacon (lit. dim. from Canterbury) 1794, priest (Winchester) 12 Mar 1797; Curate, Goudhurst, Kent 1794, Worplesdon, Surrey 1797; Rector of Hadleigh, Essex, from 17 May 1802; Chaplain to HRH Duke of York; m. Eliza, only dau. of Walter Barton May, Hadlow Castle, Kent; d. 1825 (will proved PCC 21 Apr 1825).