Pollock Baronets

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There have been five Baronetcies created for people with the surname Pollock, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and four in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Three of the Baronetcies are still extant.

The Pollock Baronetcy, of Pollock, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 30 November 1703 for Robert Pollock. This creation became extinct in 1783 on the death of the second Baronet.

The Pollock Baronetcy, of Hatton in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 2 August 1866 for the lawyer Frederick Pollock, who served as Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer between 1844 and 1868. He was the elder brother of the first Baronet of the 1872 creation and the grandfather of the first Baronet of the 1922 creation.

The Pollock Baronetcy, of The Khyber Pass in India, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 March 1872 for the soldier George Pollock. He was the younger brother of the first Baronet of the 1866 creation and the great-uncle of the first Baronet of the 1922 creation.

The Pollock Baronetcy, of Hanworth in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 27 November 1922 for the lawyer, judge and Conservative politician Ernest Murray Pollock. He was the grandson of the first Baronet of the 1866 creation and the great-nephew of the first Baronet of the 1872 creation. Pollock was later elevated to the peerage as Viscount Hanworth.

The Pollock Baronetcy, of Edinburgh in the County of Midlothian, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 2 February 1939 for John Donald Pollock. This creation became extinct on his death in 1962.