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Richard Pollard (other)
Richard Pollard may refer to: * Richard Pollard (MP) (fl.1515–1542), English MP * Dick Pollard Richard Pollard (19 June 1912 – 16 December 1985) was an English cricketer born in Westhoughton, Lancashire, who played in four Test matches between 1946 and 1948. A fast-medium right-arm bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman who made ... (1912–1985), England Test cricketer * Dick Pollard (footballer) (1913–1966), Australian rules footballer {{hndis, Pollard, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Pollard (MP)
Sir Richard Pollard (by 1505 – 10 November 1542), was Member of Parliament for Taunton in 1536, and for Devon in 1540 and 1542. He played a major role in assisting Thomas Cromwell in administering the Dissolution of the monasteries. Origins He was the second son of Sir Lewis Pollard (c. 1465-1526) of King's Nympton, in North Devon, Justice of the Common Pleas from 1514 to 1526 and MP for Totnes in 1491, by his wife Agnes Hext, daughter of Thomas Hext, a prominent lawyer of Kingston in the parish of Staverton, near Totnes. Career In 1519 Richard Pollard entered on his legal training in the Middle Temple, where his father had also trained. He was a JP for Devon in 1532,Byrne, vol. 5, p.150 and was elected MP for Taunton in 1536 and twice for Devon in 1539 and 1542 and was Sheriff of Devon in 1537-8. By 1537 he had been appointed King's Remembrancer of the Exchequer and a law reporter. Also by 1537 he had been appointed General Surveyor of the Court of Augmentations. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Pollard
Richard Pollard (19 June 1912 – 16 December 1985) was an English cricketer born in Westhoughton, Lancashire, who played in four Test matches between 1946 and 1948. A fast-medium right-arm bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman who made useful runs on occasion, he played for Lancashire between 1933 and 1950, taking 1,122 wickets in 298 first-class matches; he is 10th highest wicket-taker for Lancashire. A big and heavy man, he was known as a hard worker and, according to his obituary in Wisden in 1986, "his reputation as a great trier commended him to the Lancashire public". Season after season, Wisden referred to Pollard's accuracy and reliability, and his ability to bowl long spells without apparently tiring. Early career Pollard made his first-class debut for Lancashire in August 1933 against Nottinghamshire; while batting at number 11 he scored 16 not out, and took the wicket of Nottinghamshire captain Arthur Carr. In Lancashire's County Championship-winning sid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
