| The Right Honourable Sir Frederick Pollock, Bt PC |
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| Attorney General | |
| In office 17 December 1834 – 8 April 1835 |
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| Monarch | William IV |
| Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel, Bt |
| In office 6 September 1841 – 15 April 1844 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel, Bt |
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| Born | 23 September 1783 Charing Cross, London |
| Died | 28 August 1870 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Sir (Jonathan) Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet PC (23 September 1783 – 28 August 1870), was a British lawyer and Tory politician.
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Pollock was the son of David Pollock, of Charing Cross, London, and the elder brother of Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet. He was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] He was Senior Wrangler at Cambridge University. He is also thought to be one of the founding members of the Cambridge Union Society, along with Henry Bickersteth and Sir Edward Hall Alderson, both of Gonville and Caius College.
Pollock was Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon from 1831 to 1844. He served as Attorney General between 1834 and 1835 and 1841 and 1844 in the Tory administrations of Sir Robert Peel. In 1841 he was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, a post he held until 1868. Pollock was created a Baronet, of Hatton in the County of Middlesex, in 1866. Apart from his political and legal career Pollock was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816. He contributed a number of papers in mathematics to the Royal Society, including one on what is now known as the Pollock octahedral numbers conjecture.
Pollock died in August 1870, aged 84, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, William. Two of his grandsons also became prominent lawyers. Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet, was Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University and Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth, served as Master of the Rolls.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by The Earl of Ancram James Stuart |
Member of Parliament for Huntingdon 1831-1844 With: Jonathan Peel |
Succeeded by Thomas Baring Jonathan Peel |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir John Campbell |
Attorney General 1834-1835 |
Succeeded by Sir John Campbell |
| Preceded by Sir Thomas Wilde |
Attorney General 1841-1844 |
Succeeded by Sir William Webb Follett |
| Preceded by The Lord Abinger |
Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer 1844–1866 |
Succeeded by Sir Fitzroy Kelly |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Hatton) 1866–1870 |
Succeeded by William Frederick Pollock |