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Pollock (Born Feb and likewise educated)

born Feb. 21, 1850, and likewise educated at Eton and Trinity, was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1874, and 10 years later became editor of the "Saturday Review." He wrote "Lectures on French Poets," "The Picture's Secret," "Verses of Two Tongues," "A Nine Men's Morrice," "Old and New" etc. GEORGE FREDERICK POLLOCK, born in 1821, third son of the first baronet, became a master of the Supreme Court of Judicature; and the fourth son, SIR CHARLES EDWARD, born in 1823, became a baron of Exchequer and judge of the High Court.

SIR GEORGE POLLOCK, field-marshal; born in Westminster June 4, 1786, and entered the army of the East India Company as lieutenant of artillery in 1803. He engaged in active warfare, in the battle and siege of Deig in Bhartpur (1804), at the siege of Bhartpur (1805), and in other operations against Holkar.

Was in the Nepal (Goorkha) campaigns of 1814-1816, and in the first Burmese War (1824-1826), winning his colonelcy.

In 1838 he reached the rank of majorgeneral. After the massacre of General Elphinstone and his forces in the passes of Afghanistan the Indian government decided to send a force to the relief of Sir Robert Sale, who was shut up in Jelalabad. The command of the relieving force was given to General Pollock. In April, 1842 (5th to 16th), he forced the Khyber Pass, and reached Sir Robert Sale; then, after a few months' delay he pushed on to Kabul to rescue the British prisoners in the hands of Akbar Khan. He defeated the Afghan chief at Tezeen and recovered 135 British prisoners. Then after being joined by the forces of General Nott, he successfully conducted the united armies back to India. He was rewarded with a G. C. B. and a political appointment at Lucknow.

He returned to England in 1846, was director of the East India Company for a couple of years (1854-1856), and was created a field-marshal in 1870, and a baronet in 1872; in 1871 he was appointed to the honorable office of constable of the Tower. He died Oct. 6, 1872, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.