Pollock baronets

Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet

There have been five baronetcies created for people with the surname Pollock, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and four in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2014 three of the creations are extant.

The Pollock Baronetcy, of Pollock, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 30 November 1703 for Robert Pollock. This creation became extinct in 1783 on the death of the second Baronet.

The Pollock Baronetcy, of Hatton in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 2 August 1866 for the lawyer Frederick Pollock, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer between 1844 and 1868. He was the elder brother of the first Baronet of the 1872 creation and the grandfather of the first Baronet of the 1922 creation.

The Pollock Baronetcy, of The Khyber Pass in India, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 March 1872 for the soldier George Pollock. He was the younger brother of the first Baronet of the 1866 creation and the great-uncle of the first Baronet of the 1922 creation.

The Pollock Baronetcy, of Hanworth in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 27 November 1922 for the lawyer, judge and Conservative politician Ernest Pollock. He was the grandson of the first Baronet of the 1866 creation and the great-nephew of the first Baronet of the 1872 creation. Pollock was later elevated to the peerage as Viscount Hanworth. For more information, see this title.

The Pollock Baronetcy, of Edinburgh in the County of Midlothian, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 2 February 1939 for John Donald Pollock. This creation became extinct on his death in 1962.

Pollock baronets, of Pollock (1703)

Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet

• Sir Robert Pollock, 1st Baronet (c. 1665–1735)
• Sir Robert Pollock, 2nd Baronet (died 1783)

Pollock baronets, of Hatton (1866)

• Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet (1783–1870)
• Sir William Frederick Pollock, 2nd Baronet (1815–1888)
• Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet (1845–1937)
• Sir Frederick John Pollock, 4th Baronet (1878–1963)
• Sir George Frederick Pollock, 5th Baronet (born 1928)

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son David Frederick Pollock (born 1959).

Pollock, now Montagu-Pollock baronets, of The Khyber Pass (1872)

• Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, GCB, GCSI, 1st Baronet (1786–1872)
• Sir Frederick Montagu-Pollock, 2nd Baronet (1815–1874)
• Sir Montagu Frederick Montagu-Pollock, 3rd Baronet (1864–1938)
• Sir George Seymour Montagu-Pollock, 4th Baronet (1900–1985)
• Sir Giles Hampden Montagu-Pollock, 5th Baronet (born 1928)

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Guy Maximilian Montagu-Pollock (born 1966).

Pollock baronets, of Hanworth (1922)

• see Viscount Hanworth

Pollock baronets, of Edinburgh (1939)

• Sir John Donald Pollock, 1st Baronet (1868–1962)

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets