Bertram Pollock

Bertram Pollock (6 December 1863 – 17 October 1943) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.[1]

Photograph by Carl Vandyk, c. 1910
"Wellington College" — Pollock caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, October 1902

Born in Hanworth, Middlesex,[2] on 6 December 1863 to George Frederick Pollock — a barrister and Remembrancer to Queen Victoria and Edward VII — and his wife Frances, Bertram was the youngest of five sons, and also had a younger sister. His brother Ernest, a Conservative MP and Master of the Rolls, was created Viscount Hanworth in 1936. George Frederick was the third son of Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet, of a family descended from David Pollok (sic) of that Ilk (died 1546), a member of the Scottish Clan Pollock.[3] The Montagu-Pollock baronets descend from Frederick's younger brother, George.

Bertram was educated at Eagle House Preparatory School, Wimbledon (which moved in 1886 to a site adjacent to, and now incorporated with Wellington College, Berkshire), then [Charterhouse School|Charterhouse]] and Trinity College, Cambridge.[4] He was ordained in the Church of England — made a deacon in Advent 1890 (21 December)[5] and ordained a priest the Advent following (20 December 1891), both times by John Wordsworth, Bishop of Salisbury in Salisbury Cathedral.[6] He was a Master and Chaplain at Marlborough and later Headmaster of Wellington College (1893–1910).[7] There, one of his students was the author Harold Nicolson, who considered Pollock one of "the two who have influenced my intelligence" and "the most fascinating man I shall ever meet."[8]

An Honorary Chaplain to the King, he was appointed to the episcopate as Bishop of Norwich in 1910,[9] a post he held for 32 years. He was consecrated a bishop on St Mark's Day 1910 (25 April), by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.[10] An author, he died on 17 October 1943,[11] leaving his wife Joan Florence Helena (they married 11 October 1928; she was daughter of Algernon Charles Dudley Ryder and a scion of the Earls of Harrowby), and a daughter, (Mary) Rosalind Frances Felicia (born 24 April 1931). Bertram was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1921 and a Doctor of Divinity (DD).[3]

Works
  • Good Men Without Faith, 1923
  • The Church and English Life, 1932
  • The Nation and the Nation's Worship, 1933
  • Church and State, 1936

References
  1. "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  2. Papfield, Wyn (2007). "All Saints Jubilee History". All Saints Church. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  3. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, vol. 2 (107th ed.), Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, p. 1807, ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9 (Cited at thePeerage.com, which accessed 21 May 2019)
  4. "Pollock, Bertram (PLK882B)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. "Ordinations on Sunday last". Church Times. No. 1457. 24 December 1890. p. 1275. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 21 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. "The ordinations". Church Times. No. 1510. 1 January 1892. p. 7. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 21 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. Malden, Richard, ed. (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1110.
  8. Harold Nicolson Volume One 1886–1929, Hamish Hamilton, 1980 ISBN 978-0-241-12354-6
  9. New Bishop of Norwich The Times Thursday, 3 February 1910; p. 10; Issue 39186; col F
  10. "Consecration of the Bishop of Norwich". Church Times. No. 2466. 29 April 1910. p. 563. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 21 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  11. Obituary: Dr Bertram Pollock The Times Monday, 18 October 1943; p. 4; Issue 49679; col G
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