Sir Frederick John Pollock, 4th Baronet (26 Dec 1878 – 22 July 1963) was an English historian, journalist and translator.
Life
John Pollock was the son of
Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet
Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet PC, FBA (10 December 1845 – 18 January 1937) was an English jurist best known for his ''History of English Law before the Time of Edward I'', written with F.W. Maitland, and his lifelong correspondence ...
and Georgina Harriet Deffell, younger daughter of John Deffell, of Calcutta. He was educated at
Eton College
Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...
, graduated in 1900, and continued his education at
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any ...
(Bachelor of Arts, Fellow 1902, Master of Arts 1904).
From 1915 to 1919, John Pollock was in Poland and Russia as chief commissioner of the Great Britain to Poland and Galicia Fund under the Russian Red Cross. He was awarded the
Order of Saint Anna
The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry. It was established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, on 14 February 1735, in hono ...
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In 1920 he married famous Russian actress
Lydia Borisovna Yavorskaya (Gubbenet / Hubbenet) (1874-1921), ex-wife of writer prince
Vladimir Baryatinskiy. They had no children, and the next year she died.
On 28 April 1925 he married Alix Soubiran, daughter of Jean Julien I'Estom Soubiran, of Bordeaux. She died on 14 April 1968.
Pollock succeeded as 4th Baronet on 18 January 1937. He died on 22 July 1963 at age 84. Pollock's son, George Frederick Pollock (1928-2016), a photographer and inventor, succeeded to the baronetcy.
[Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3165.]
Works
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* ''Lord Acton at Cambridge'' (1904)
* ''Three plays by
Eugène Brieux
Eugène Brieux (; 19 January 18586 December 1932) was a French dramatist.
Biography
Brieux grew up as the son of a carpenter in modest circumstances in the Temple District of Paris (3rd Arrondissement). His schooling was limited to attending th ...
'' (1911):
** ''
Damaged Goods'', translated by John Pollock
** ''Maternity'' (new version), translated by John Pollock
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* ''Anatole France himself: a Boswellian record by his secretary, Jean Jacques Brousson'' (1927, 1934), translated by John Pollock
* ''The everlasting bonfire'' (1940), London, Chapman & Hall
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* ''Twelve One-Acters'' (1926) The Cayme Press (Plays)
* ''Listening to Lacoste'' (1926) Mills & Boon (tennis)
* ''Paris and Parisians'' (1929) Geoffrey Bles
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1878 births
1963 deaths
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
English historians
English male journalists
English translators
People educated at Eton College
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna