Modern English biography

terrace, East Melbourne 9 May 1869. _bur._ Sydney 15 May. _Heads of the people_, _Sydney_, _i_ 93 (1847) _portrait_; _P. Mennell’s Australian biography_ (1892) 374. PLUNKETT, PATRICK. Called to Irish bar 1824; bencher of King’s Inns 1851 to death; judge of court of bankrupts and insolvents 1 Nov. 1857 to death. _d._ Kingstown, Dublin 31 July 1859. PLUNKETT, RANDAL EDWARD SHERBORNE (1 son of 16 baron Dunsany 1808–89). _b._ Sherborne, Gloucs. 15 Nov. 1848; educ. Eton 1862–5, and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1872; took honours 3 class Mods 1869 and second law and history 1871; captain Gloucestershire rifle volunteers 8 July 1874; M.P. West Gloucestershire 1874–80. _d._ Madeira 25 Dec. 1883. PLUNKETT, THOMAS OLIVER WESTENRA (2 son of 12 baron Louth 1809–49). _b._ 1 April 1838; ensign 1 foot 5 Jany. 1855, captain 20 May 1864, sold out 27 July 1866; served at siege of Sebastopol from 29 Aug. 1855, and in campaign in China 1860; resident magistrate at Cork 1866, divisional magistrate in charge of Cork, Kerry and Limerick 1881–6; assisted sir Redvers Buller in reorganising the constabulary patrols and the methods of criminal investigation; magistrate and divisional commissioner in Cork, Limerick and part of Kerry, the Ponsonby and Kingston estates were in Kerry, had much to do with evictions of tenants and the affair at Mitchelstown 1887; quelled disturbances at Youghall, Midleton and Cork; struck on the head while opposing a Plan of campaign meeting on the Ponsonby estate. _d._ Cork 6 Dec. 1880. _bur._ Louth 9 Dec. _Times 7 Dec. 1889 p._ 10, _10 Dec. p._ 7, _11 Dec. p._ 5. POCHIN, HENRY DAVIS (eld. son of William Pochin of Wigston, Leicester). _b._ 1824; studied chemistry at Pharmaceutical society’s laboratory London; head of firm of H. D. Pochin and Co. Salford; mayor of Salford 1866–8; contested Stafford 11 July 1865; M.P. Stafford 10 Nov. 1868 to March 1869, when unseated on petition; contested Stafford 3 Feb. 1874; contested Monmouth 6 Feb. 1874; member of Stafford school board March 1871; his process of decomposing silicate of alumina produced aluminous cake used by paper makers; discovered a method of distilling resin with steam at a high temperature, used for making yellow and fancy soaps; purchased coal, iron and steel industries, which he converted into limited liability companies; held large shares in Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., John Brown and Co., the Armour-plate makers of Sheffield, the Tredegar iron and coal Co., Palmer’s Shipbuilding and iron Co., and the Staveley iron and coal Co.; with sir Edward Watkin redeemed Metropolitan railway Co. from insolvency; a director of Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway Co.; _m._ 1852 Agnes, dau. of George Gretton Heap, she wrote The right of women to exercise the elective franchise 1855, 2 ed. 1873. _d._ Bodnant hall, Conway, Denbighshire 28 Oct. 1895. _Times 2 Nov. 1895 p._ 6. POCKLINGTON, EVELYN HENRY FREDERICK (3 son of Roger Pocklington of Carlton house, Notts. 1775–1847). _b._ 18 Jany. 1811; ensign 52 foot 10 Feb. 1829, captain 24 May 1839, placed on h.p. 13 July 1847; assistant Q.M.G. at headquarters 21 Sept. 1860 to 1 Jany. 1865; member of council of military education 1 Jany. 1865 to 1870; director general 1874 to death; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 28 Rutland gate, London 10 Aug. 1879. POCOCK, ALFRED. _b._ 1821 or 1822; vice-president of liberal registration Southwark, assisted in formation of Southwark liberal association 1877, treasurer 1877, president 1878–88; first president of West Southwark liberal and radical association; a member of the St. George the martyr vestry 1861 to death; member of Metropolitan board of works for St. George the martyr, Southwark 1875 to death; claimed to be the inventor of the fire plug system and helped to secure the adoption of portable fire stations. _d._ Chairsholme, Palace road, Streatham 13 May 1887. POCOCK, FREDERICK PEARCE (youngest son of rev. George Pocock). _b._ 1819; educ. King’s coll. London, associate 1837; at St. Peter’s coll. Camb., B A. 1841, M.A. 1844; C. of All Saints, Mile end, London 1842–4; chaplain of city of London union 1844–60; C. of St. Paul’s chapel, Great Portland st. London 1865–72; C. of St. Paul’s, Haggerston 1874–7; C. of Bartholomew the Great, London 1877–81; edited Bishop Burnet’s Pastoral care 1839; Dr. T. Bisse’s The Beauty of holiness in the common prayer 1842; John Bowdler’s Theological essays 1844. _d._ The Limes, St. Mark’s road, North Kensington 6 April 1889. POCOCK, SIR GEORGE BARTHOLOMEW (son of Thomas Pocock, of Langley, Berks.) _b._ 1779; standard bearer to Band of gentleman pensioners 5 Sept. 1820 to May 1836; knighted at Whitehall 27 July 1821. _d._ 1 York st. Portman sq. London 11 Aug 1868. _I.L.N. liii_ 187 (1868). POCOCK, ISAAC JOHN INNES (only son of Isaac Pocock, painter and dramatist, of Ray lodge, Maidenhead 1782–1835) _b._ 28 July 1819; educ. Eton and Merton coll. Oxf., B.A. 1842; barrister I.T. 19 Nov. 1847; J.P. for Berks.; printed privately Franklin and other poems 1872. _d._ Curtisfield, Maidenhead 28 May 1886. POCOCK, LEWIS (youngest son of Thomas Pocock). _b._ South London 17 Jany. 1808; chief founder of Art union of London 1837, one of the honorary secretaries 1837 to death; contributed a bibliographical chapter to an edition of the Pilgrim’s progress, edited by himself and George Godwin 1844; a director of the Argus life assurance office many years; patented a scheme for electric lighting 1852; collected Johnsoniana, which were sold before his death; treasurer of the Graphic soc. some time; author of A familiar explanation of the nature of assurances upon lives, with an extensive bibliographical catalogue of works on the subject 1842. _d._ 70 Gower st. London 17 Oct. 1882. _bur._ Highgate cemet. _Graphic 23 Dec. 1882 p._ 693 _portrait_. PODMORE, RICHARD. _b._ 1780; entered Madras army 1793; lieut. 10 Madras N.I. 1 Jany. 1800, lieut. col. 1816–20; lieut. col. 21 N.I. 1820; lieut. col. commandant 44 N.I. 1 May 1824, col. 5 June 1829 to 1869; general 20 June 1854. _d._ Osborne house, Cheltenham 24 July 1870. POGGI, DOMINIC JOSEPH. _b._ Tuscany 1811; ordained deacon in Church of England 1833; priest 1834; D.D. univ. of Florence 1838; naturalised in England 5 Nov. 1852; principal of Seacombe house school, near Liverpool 1852–3; principal of New Brighton college, Cheshire 1853–64; head master of Audlem endowed gr. sch. Cheshire 1870 to death; author of The various branches of the Catholic church 1868; Roman catechism, accompanied by a Catholic reply 1868; Reflections on the religious state of Italy 1868; The Roman council judged by the English bishops 1870; On the abrogation of concordats 1872; The old Catholics and the Anglican bishops 1872. _d._ Audlem 15 Oct. 1880. POGSON, NORMAN ROBERT (son of George Owen Pogson of Nottingham, hosiery manufacturer). _b._ Nottingham 23 March 1829; calculated the orbits of two comets 1847; an assistant at the South Villa observatory, London 1851–2; assistant at Radcliffe observatory, Oxford 1852, where he discovered four minor planets, Amphitrite 2 March 1854, Isis 23 May 1856, Ariadne 15 April 1857, and Hestra 16 Aug. 1857; awarded Lalande medal of French academy for the discovery of Isis; assisted sir George Airy in his experiments for determining the mean density of the earth at the Horton colliery, Shields 1854; director of John Lee’s observatory at Hartwell 1859–60; government astronomer at Madras Oct. 1860 to death; discovered Asia and 4 other minor planets 1861–8, and 8 variable stars 1862–77; prepared a catalogue of stars for which 51,101 observations were made 1862–87; observed the total eclipse of the sun on 18 Aug. 1868 at Masulipatam and was the first to observe the bright line spectrum of the cornea; F.R.A.S. 11 May 1860; C.I.E. 1 Jany. 1878; author of Report of the government astronomers on the total eclipse of the sun, Madras 1868; Result of observations of the fixed stars made at Madras observatory, 2 vols. 1887–8. _d._ Madras 23 June 1891. _Monthly notices Royal Astronomical soc. lii_ 235–8 (1892); _Nature 2 July 1891 pp._ 205–6. POGSON, WREDENHALL QUEIROS. _b._ 9 Dec. 1816; ensign Bengal army 1836; ensign 43 Bengal N.I. 22 Aug. 1839, major 12 Sept. 1866; lieut. col. Bengal infantry 6 March 1868, placed on unemployed supernumerary list 1 July 1881; L.G. 23 Aug. 1884, general 22 Oct. 1889; served in Spain in the Anglo-Spanish legion 1836; served in the first Afghan war 1840–2, the Sutlej campaign 1846, and the Bhootan expedition 1864–6. _d._ St. Margaret’s place, Brighton 9 Sept. 1891. POITEVIN, MONSIEUR. Went up sitting on a pony attached to a balloon; his wife posing as Europa went up on the back of a bull Aug. 1852; went up from Cremorne gardens in a balloon with 21 persons 20 Sept. 1852, the balloon came down and was blown along the ground for two miles, much hurting many of the passengers; ascended on a horse near Paris 1852; nearly drowned in the sea near Malaga while descending from his balloon 1858. _d._ 1858. _Annual Register 1852 pp._ 128, 147. POLACK, JOEL SAMUEL. _b._ London 28 March 1807; emigrated to New Zealand 1831; a ship chandler in the Bay of Islands 1832, purchased about 1,100 acres of land; returned to London May 1837; gave evidence before select committee of house of lords on New Zealand 1838; a member of the Colonial society of London 1838; lived latterly at San Francisco; author of New Zealand, a narrative of travels and adventures, 2 vols. 1838; Manners and customs of the New Zealanders, 2 vols. 1840. _d._ San Francisco 17 April 1882. POLAND, ALFRED (2 son of succeeding). _b._ London Aug. 1822; educ. at Highgate gram. sch.; at Guy’s hospital; articled pupil of Aston Key, paying £500; M.R.C.S. 1843, F.R.C.S. 1847; demonstrator of anatomy at Guy’s 1845, assist. surgeon 1849, surgeon 1861, a most expert operator; gained Fothergill prize of Med. soc. of London 1853 and Jacksonian prize 1857; surgeon ophthalmic hospital, Moorfields, London; in practice at 42 Finsbury circus, London; F.M. and C. Soc. 1850; with G. H. Barlow edited Guy’s hospital reports sometime; contributed to T. Holmes’ System of surgery 1860 the articles Tetanus i 299–322, Animal poisons i 618–49, Injuries of the chest ii 340–87, and Urinary calculi and lithotomy iv 424–77. _d._ 2 Blackheath villas, Blackheath, Kent 21 Aug. 1872. _Medical times and gazette ii_ 338–9 (1872); _Proc. of royal Med. and Chir. soc. vii_ 135–6 (1875); _Lancet 31 Aug. 1872 p._ 318. POLAND, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (son of Peter Raymond Poland of Highgate, Middlesex). _b._ 7 March 1797; sheriff of London and Middlesex 1831, and as such knighted at St. James’s palace 9 March 1831. _d._ 2 Blackheath villas, Blackheath, Kent 17 Jany. 1884. POLDING, JOHN BEDE. _b._ Liverpool 18 Nov. 1794; educ. St. Gregory’s coll. Downside, near Bath, and at Acton Burnell 1805–10; joined the Benedictine order 16 July 1810, ordained a priest 4 March 1819; tutor at St. Gregory’s college, March 1819; declined bishopric of Madras 1833; bishop of Australia and Van Diemen’s Land 2 May 1834, being consecrated bishop of Hiero-Cæserea 29 June 1834; arrived in Sydney 13 Sept. 1835, inaugurated 20 Sept.; employed on a special mission to Malta, made a count of the holy Roman empire and a bishop-assistant to the papal throne 20 July 1842; archbishop of Sydney 20 July 1842 to death; visited Europe 1841, 1846–8, 1854–6, and 1865–6; consecrated Dr. Murphy, bishop of Adelaide, the first bishop consecrated in Australia 8 Sept. 1844. _d._ the Sacred heart presbytery, Darlinghurst, Sydney 16 March 1877, twenty thousand people attended his funeral. _Australian portrait gallery_ (1885) 79–84 _portrait_. POLE, ARTHUR CUNLIFFE VAN NOTTEN (5 son of Charles Van Notten Pole 1772–1864, resumed name of Van Notten by R.L. 19 July 1853). _b._ 3 July 1806; ensign 63 foot 7 Nov. 1826, lieut. colonel 2 Sept. 1844 to 23 Dec. 1853; inspecting field officer of recruiting districts 23 Dec. 1853 to 13 Dec. 1859; colonel 63 foot 27 March 1868 to death; L.G. 9 April 1868. _d._ 66 Oxford terrace, Edgware road, London 21 Aug. 1873. POLE, EDWARD (4 son of sir Peter Pole, 2 baronet 1770–1850). _b._ 26 Aug. 1805; cornet 12 lancers 7 July 1825, lieut. col. 30 March 1847, placed on h.p. 5 March 1861; colonel 5 lancers 22 Nov. 1868 to 1 Jany. 1872; colonel 12 lancers 1 Jany. 1872 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877; commanded the cavalry and artillery in general Somerset’s expedition over the Kei 1851, and the 12 lancers in Kaffir war 1851–3; served in the Crimea from 9 May