Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet
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Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet PC (23 September 1783 – 28 August 1870), was a British lawyer and Tory politician.
The son of David Pollock heir of , of Charing Cross, London, Pollock 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. He died in August 1870, aged 84, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son William Frederick Pollock.
Pollock was the elder brother of Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet. Two of his grandsons also became prominent lawyers. Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet, was Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University and Ernest Murray Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth, served as Master of the Rolls.
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| 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 |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New creation |
Baronet (of Hatton) |
Succeeded by William Frederick Pollock |
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