41 Facts About Henry Pollock

Sir Henry Edward Pollock, QC, JP was an English barrister who became a prominent politician in Hong Kong.

Henry Pollock acted as Attorney General in Hong Kong on several occasions, and was once appointed to the same post in Fiji.

Henry Pollock served as Senior Unofficial Member of both the Legislative Council and Executive Council for many years in pre-Pacific War Hong Kong.

Henry Pollock was born to a well-known family in the law.

Henry Pollock's grandfather, Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet served as Attorney General for England and Wales between 1834 and 1835 and 1841 and 1844 in the Tory administrations of Sir Robert Peel; one of his many cousins, Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet was a renowned professor of jurisprudence in the University of Oxford; another cousin of Pollock, Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth, served as the Master of the Rolls from 1925 to 1935.

Henry Pollock's father was Dr Arthur Julius Henry Pollock.

Henry Pollock was the eldest son in the second marriage of Sir Frederick Pollock, though he ranked thirteenth among the twenty-four children that Sir Frederick had.

Dr Henry Pollock was a physician and lecturer in the Foundling Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital.

Henry Pollock was a Council member of the Royal College of Physicians.

Henry Pollock was the third child of his mother, Ellen Bailey.

Henry Pollock had an elder sister, Caroline, an elder brother, Arthur Julius, and a younger brother, Charles Frederick.

Henry Pollock was born in London, England on 16 December 1864.

Henry Pollock spent his early childhood in London and was later admitted to the Charterhouse School.

Henry Pollock quit the school in 1882 at the age of 18, and was promptly employed by a bank in Drury Lane.

Henry Pollock was successfully enrolled by the Inner Temple in 1883 and was called to the bar upon graduation in 1887.

Henry Pollock was qualified as a barrister in Hong Kong, and set up his career in the legal profession.

Henry Pollock was substantially valued by the local society not long after his arrival to the colony.

Henry Pollock was noted for his work on relief during the plague and was awarded a gold medal by the government afterwards.

From 1896 to 1901, Henry Pollock was appointed by the government as acting Attorney General, and thus became an ex officio member of both the Legislative Council and Executive Council.

In 1902, Henry Pollock was posted to Fiji and served as Attorney General in there.

In 1903, under the promotion of the Chamber of Commerce, Henry Pollock had briefly served as acting Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council for around a year.

Henry Pollock was one of the most prominent activists on constitutional reform in pre-war Hong Kong.

Henry Pollock did not give up after his request was abruptly turned down by Sir Henry.

Also, Henry Pollock supported the appointment of more Chinese to the two councils.

Henry Pollock's proposal was rejected by Bonar Law with no reason given.

Three years later, Henry Pollock was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the King's Birthday Honours in 1924.

Henry Pollock was appointed acting Attorney-General for three times in 1919,1925 and 1928 respectively.

Nevertheless, on 16 September 1928, Henry Pollock had an accidental fall in his home at No 367, the Peak.

Henry Pollock broke his thigh heavily and could not assume his duties in the councils.

Besides his duties in the two councils, Henry Pollock had served as chairman of the Hong Kong Branch of the Navy League, the Chess Club, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Constitutional Reform Association.

Henry Pollock had served as Commodore of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, Secretary of the Odd Volumes Society and corresponding secretary to the Royal Colonial Institute.

Henry Pollock was instrumental to the establishment of the University of Hong Kong as he was one of the founders of the University.

Henry Pollock was originally a member of the council of the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese.

In March 1908, along with Sir Paul Chater, Sir Kai Ho-Kai and a few other people, Henry Pollock was appointed to the newly founded organising committee of the University of Hong Kong which was chaired by Sir Paul Chater by then governor Sir Frederick Lugard.

Henry Pollock was said to be an active member who frequently attend the Court's meetings, and was noted for his enthusiasm towards the development of the University.

Henry Pollock had close ties with St Stephen's College as he was one of the guests invited to the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the College's new school site in Stanley in 1928.

On 17 January 1940 and in the beginning of 1941, Henry Pollock was appointed unofficial member of the Legislative and the Executive Council respectively for a further period of four years and five years.

Henry Pollock died in Sydney on 2 February 1953, aged 88.

Henry Pollock married his wife, Pauline Oakley in Hong Kong in 1906 when he was 42.

In 1940, Lady Henry Pollock, Soong Ai-ling and others initiated a campaign in Hong Kong and Canton to set up cooperatives which could accommodate 6,000 refugees to restore production.

Lady Henry Pollock was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours of 1941 for her eminent contribution.