Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet

For other people named Frederick Pollock, see Frederick Pollock (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable Sir Frederick Pollock, Bt PC
Attorney General
In office 17 December 1834 – 8 April 1835
Monarch	William IV
Prime Minister	Sir Robert Peel, Bt
In office 6 September 1841 – 15 April 1844
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Sir Robert Peel, Bt
Personal details
Born	(1783-09-23)23 September 1783 Charing Cross, London
Died
Nationality	British
Political party	Tory
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet, PC (23 September 1783 – 28 August 1870) was a British lawyer and Tory politician.

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. Pollock was created a Baronet, of Hatton in the County of Middlesex, in 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 84, 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.

External links

• Works written by or about Jonathan Frederick Pollock at Wikisource

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Frederick Pollock
• Descendants of Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Bt.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Earl of Ancram James Stuart	Member of Parliament for Huntingdon 1831-1844 With: Jonathan Peel	Succeeded by Thomas Baring Jonathan Peel
Legal offices
Preceded by Sir John Campbell	Attorney General 1834-1835	Succeeded by Sir John Campbell
Preceded by Sir Thomas Wilde	Attorney General 1841-1844	Succeeded by Sir William Webb Follett
Preceded by The Lord Abinger	Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer 1844–1866	Succeeded by Sir Fitzroy Kelly
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Hatton) 1866–1870	Succeeded by William Frederick Pollock