William Pollock (priest)

The Venerable William Pollock, DD (22 April 1812 in Dublin – 11 October 1873 in Chester) was Archdeacon of Chester from 1867 until 1871.^[1]

Pollock was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. After a curacy at St Thomas, Stockport he held incumbencies in Macclesfield, St Helens, Liverpool and Bowdon. He was Chaplain of St Patrick's Newry 1837 and was collated as Archdeacon of Chester Dec 14th 1867. He resigned that office through failing health Oct 12th 1871 <rev> [Pollocks of Newry and Descendants p65-66 by Rev Stewart Hartigan MA printed Birch & Co Folkestone .^[2]

He had eight children, and his eldest, his daughter Anna, married William Thompson Hill, an East India merchant,and was mother to the Rev William Pollock-Hill M.A Oxen,Vicar of Padgate, Bigbury and Stamford, the famous Victorian athlete and UK record holder for the 1 mile, and won the 1 mile and 3 mile on the same day in March 1895 at Queen's Club meeting v Cambridge, a record never equalled. His eight child Rev Richard Charles Pollock was an eminent Anglican clergyman in Australasia.^[3]

References

↑ Death Of Archdeacon Pollock The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 15, 1873; pg. 5; Issue 27821
↑ DEATH OF ARCHDEACON POLLOCK Cheshire Observer (Chester, England), Saturday, October 18, 1873; pg. 2; Issue 1106
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Church of England titles
Preceded by Richard Greenall	Archdeacon of Chester 1867–1871	Succeeded by Edward Ralph Johnson

Archdeacons of Chester

Early Medieval	Halmar William Robert (I) Richard Peche Adam de Stafford William de Villars Robert (II) Hugh Thomas de Sancto Nicholao Ralph de Maidstone Silvester de Everdon Richard John Basing Simon de Albo Monasterio Adam de Stanford Jordan of Wimborne/de Wimburn Robert de Radewell

Late Medieval	Richard de Havering John de Ufford Michael Northburgh Pedro Cardinal Gòmez de Barroso William de Navesby Nicholas Slake John de Herlaston John Ganville William de Neuhagh Henry de Halsall David Price Richard Stanley John Burdet George Radclyf Sir Edward Stanley Thomas St Just Henry Ince John Morton James Stanley Christopher Talbot Edmund Chaderton, Archdeacon of Salisbury

Early modern	John Vesey Cuthbert Tunstall William Knight John Birde, Bishop of Chester Robert Perceval/Percival (twice) Robert Rogers Cuthbert Bellott George Snell John Carter William Finmore John Allen Edmund Entwisle John Thane Lewis Stephens William Powell Abel Ward George Taylor George Travis Thomas Breithweite

Late modern	Unwin Clarke Isaac Wood Richard Greenall William Pollock Edward Johnson John Darby Edward Barber Paige Cox Norman Tubbs Richard Burne Leslie Fisher Leslie Williams Michael Gear Geoffrey Turner Christopher Hewetson Donald Allister Michael Gilbertson

Diocese of Chester

Chester Cathedral Bishop's House, Chester Church House, Chester St John's, Chester

Office holders	The Bishop of Chester, Peter Forster The Bishop suffragan of Birkenhead, Keith Sinclair The Bishop suffragan of Stockport, Libby Lane AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley The Dean of Chester, Gordon McPhate The Archdeacon of Chester, Michael Gilbertson The Archdeacon of Macclesfield, Ian Bishop

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