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David Pollock b. 30 Oct 1739 in Berwick-in-Tweed, m.
12 Dec 1779, Sarah Homeria Parsons, d. 17 Feb 1817 in London. David died 1 Sep 1815 in
London. Both David and Sarah were both buried in the crypt in St
Marti-in-the-Fields, where David seems to have been beadle.
David was saddler to George III and and the Prince Regent, later George IV. This
would have entitled him to use the term Esquire, and obliged him to atend the
King personally. When David died, Sarah was appointed Saddler by a Warrant dated
September 19th, 1815.
According
to Alice Pollock, he was reputed to have walked from his home town of Berwick in
Northumberland to London, and to have established his shop in Trafalgar Square (Ref 2).
However, Trafalgar Square was not built until the early 1800's. In
fact, he set up his first shop in Picadilly and then later he established
another shop at the north end of Whitehall where
Trafalgar Square was built later, leaving Peter Laurie (later Sir Peter Laurie,
Lord Mayor of London) in charge of the Picadilly shop (Ref. 4).
According to Alexander Pollock:
David Pollock was made Burgess of Berwick 8 September 1786 "By Patrimony as Eldest Son of John Pollock", who, on 5 June 1724, was made Burgess of Berwick, and who was buried at Tweedmouth 9 April 1750. The latter's Father was David Pollock of "Spittle, Durham", who died 16 October 1743 and was buried at Tweedmouth
. (Ref 1).David Pollock had 9 children, but only five of them lived long enough to get married, and only three (all males) actually had children.
1. David Pollock b. 2 Sep 1780, m. 10 Dec 1807, Elizabeth Gore Atkinson, d. 16 Apr 1841. Appointed Chief Justice of Bombay in 1846 and knighted in the same year. He died 22 May 1847 (Ref: 1).
2. William Pollock b. 13 Jan 1782, m. 19 Jul 1810, Elizabeth Egg, d. 20 Oct 1810. William died 30 Dec 1816 (Ref: 1).
3. Jonathan Frederick Pollock b. 23 Sep 1783, m. (1) 25 May 1813, Frances Rivers, d. 25 Jan 1827, m. (2) 7 Jan 1834, Sarah Anne Anowah Langslow, d. 1 Apr 1895. Frederick Pollock was Chief Baron of the Exchequer from 1844 to 1866 and he was made a Baronet in that year. Sir Frederick had 24 children, 12 by each wife. He died 22 Aug 1870 (Ref: 1).
4. Thomas Pollock b. 18 Mar 1785, d. Mar 1786 (Ref: 1).
5. George Pollock b. 4 Jun 1786, m. (1) 06 Aug 1810, Frances Webb Barclay, d. 12 Sep 1849, m. (2) 15 Jan 1852, Henrietta Wollaston, d. 14 Feb 1873. After the British disaster near Kabul, Afghanistan in 1842, General Pollock took command of the British army in February, forced the Khyber Pass and took Kabul in September. After rescuing the prisoners held there, he withdrew to India in October. George Pollock retired in 1870 with the rank of Field Marshall and was made Constable of the Tower in 1871. He became GCSI in 1861 and GCB in 1873, and he was made a baronet in 1872. Sir George died 6 Oct 1872 and is buried in Westminster Abby. Apart from the 6 children recorded by Alexander Pollock, another 4 children were apparently born between 1826 and 1829 but they died in infancy and their names are not recorded (Ref: 1, 3).
For further details of his life, see his page. Click here for an-authenticated ancestry of his first wife.
6. John Luke Pollock b. 26 Sep 1787, d. 1792 (Ref: 1).
7. Homer Pollock b. 20 Nov 1788, d. 1789 (Ref: 1).
8. Henry Homer Pollock b. 13 Dec 1790, d. 1791 (Ref: 1).
9. John Henry Pollock b. 7 Jul 1792, m. 18 Jun 1833, Frances Worrell, d. 1883. John died 9 Nov 1873 (Ref: 1).
10. A stillborn daughter in 179- (Ref: 1).
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