Monarch William IV Nationality British | Monarch Victoria Name Sir Pollock, | |
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Born 23 September 1783
Charing Cross, London ( 1783-09-23 ) Died 28 August 1870(1870-08-28) (aged 86) | ||
Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, Bt Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, Bt | ||
Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet, PC (23 September 1783 – 28 August 1870) was a British lawyer and Tory politician.
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Background and education
Pollock was the son of David Pollock, of Charing Cross, London, and the elder brother of Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet. He was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Senior Wrangler at Cambridge University. He is also thought to be one of the founding members of the Cambridge Union Society, along with Henry Bickersteth and Sir Edward Hall Alderson, both of Gonville and Caius College.
Political, legal and mathematical careers
Pollock was Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon from 1831 to 1844. He served as Attorney General between 1834 and 1835 and 1841 and 1844 in the Tory administrations of Sir Robert Peel. In 1841 he was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, a post he held until 1868. Having been knighted on 29 December 1834, Pollock was created a Baronet, of Hatton in the County of Middlesex, on 2 August 1866. Apart from his political and legal career Pollock was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816. He contributed a number of papers in mathematics to the Royal Society, including one on what is now known as the Pollock's conjecture.
Family
Pollock died in August 1870, aged 86, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, William. Two of his grandsons also became prominent lawyers. Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet, was Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford and Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth, served as Master of the Rolls.