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Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet

Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet PC, FBA (10 December
1845 – 18 January 1937)[1] was an English jurist best known for Frederick Pollock
his History of English Law before the Time of Edward I, written
with F.W. Maitland, and his lifelong correspondence with US
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.[2] He was a
Cambridge Apostle.

Contents
Life
Family
Fencing
Works
See also
References
External links
Sir Frederick Pollock (1845–1937)
Born 10 December 1845
Life
Died 18 January 1937
Pollock was the eldest son of William Frederick Pollock, Master of (aged 91)
the Court of Exchequer, and Juliet Creed, daughter of the Rev, Occupation British academic
Harry Creed. He was the grandson of Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st
Baronet, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the great-nephew of Field Marshal Sir George Pollock,
1st Baronet, and the first cousin of Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth, Master of the Rolls.

He was educated at Eton College, where he was a King's Scholar, and Trinity College, Cambridge,
where he was elected Fellow in 1868 (later Honorable Fellow in 1920).[3][4] In 1871 he was admitted
to the Bar. He wrote a series of text books that took a new approach to the teaching of English Law
including The Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity (1876) and The Law of Torts (1887).[1]

Rather than relying on specific applications of law these works emphasised underlying principles.
They acted as models for future textbooks and helped modernise English legal education. Pollock
taught at the University of Oxford (1883–1903),[1] as Corpus Professor of Jurisprudence. He was
Professor of Common Law in the Inns of Court (1884–1890).[4] He was Editor of the Law Reports
from 1895 to 1935. He was the first editor of the Law Quarterly Review which was founded in 1885.[1]
He was also, in 1894, the Chairman of The Society of Authors[5] He was admitted to the Privy Council
in 1911.[6] He was elected Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn in 1931.[4]

Family
Pollock married on 13 August 1873 to Georgina Harriet Deffell (died on 30 March 1935), a daughter of
John Deffell.[7] They had two children:

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Alice Isabella Pollock, born on 15 June 1876, died on 28 June 1953. Married first at St
Marylebone Parish Church in London on 19 November 1902 to Sydney Waterlow (1878–1944), a
diplomat and grandson of Sir Sydney Waterlow, 1st Baronet.[8] This marriage was annulled in
1912, and she re-married the same year Captain Orlando Cyprian Williams, MC, CB (d.1967).
Frederick John Pollock (1878–1963), a noted historian, who succeeded to the baronetcy.[9]

Fencing
Together with his younger brother Walter Herries Pollock, he participated in the first English revival
of historical fencing, originated by Alfred Hutton and his colleagues Egerton Castle, Captain Carl
Thimm, Colonel Cyril Matthey, Captain Percy Rolt, Captain Ernest George Stenson Cooke, Captain
Frank Herbert Whittow.[10] He was cited in a 1897 slander case involving the London Fencing Club
when Sir John Hutton was sued by a French naval officer, Rene Martin Fortris, who accused Hutton
of falsely stating that Fortris had been making unwelcome advances towards his daughter for two
years. According to Fortris this led to Sir Frederick Pollock and John Norbury declining his
application for membership of the London Fencing Club. The jury was unimpressed by Fortris's case
and found in favour of Sir John Hutton.[11]

Works
The Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity: Being a Treatise of the General Principles
Concerning the Validity of Agreements, With a Special View to the Comparison of Law and Equity,
and with References to the Indian Contract Act, and Occasionally to Roman, American, and
Continental Law (https://archive.org/stream/principlescontr03pollgoog#page/n5/mode/2u)
(1st ed.). London: Stevens and Sons. 1876 – via Internet Archive.; 9th edition, 1921 (https://archiv
e.org/details/cu31924017141361).
The Law of Torts, a treatise on the principles of obligations arising from civil wrongs in the
common law: to which is added the draft of a code of civil wrongs, prepared for the government of
India (https://archive.org/details/lawoftortstreati00polluoft/page/n3/mode/2up) (2nd ed.). London:
Stevens and Sons, Limited. 1890. Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
Leading Cases Done into English (https://archive.org/details/leadingcasesdon05pollgoog).
London: Macmillan and Co. 1876. Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.; 2nd edition,
1892 (https://archive.org/details/leadingcasesdone00poll/page/n7/mode/2up)
Spinoza, His Life and Philosophy (https://archive.org/details/spinozahislifeph00polluoft). London:
C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1880. Retrieved 22 October 2020 – via Internet Archive. volume II (https://ar
chive.org/details/cu31924061583377)
Essays in Jurisprudence and Ethics (https://archive.org/details/essaysinjurispru00polluoft/page/n
5/mode/2up). London: Macmillan and Co. 1882. Retrieved 22 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
The Land Laws (https://archive.org/details/landlaws03pollgoog) (2nd ed.). Macmillan and Co.:
London and New York. 1887. Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
Oxford Lectures and Other Discourses (https://archive.org/details/rsoxfordlectures00polluoft).
London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. Retrieved 22 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
Pollock, Frederick; Frederic William, Maitland (1895). History of English Law before the Time of
Edward I (https://archive.org/details/historyenglishl04maitgoog). I (1st ed.). Cambridge & Boston:
Cambridge University Press & Little, Brown & Company. Retrieved 23 October 2020 – via Internet
Archive.; volume II (https://archive.org/details/cu31924061583377)
An Introduction to the History of the Science of Politics (https://archive.org/details/introductiontohi
00pollrich/page/n7/mode/2up). London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. Retrieved 22 October 2020 –
via Internet Archive.
A First Book of Jurisprudence For Students of the Common Law (https://archive.org/details/cu319
24018009542/page/n7/mode/2up) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd. 1896. Retrieved
24 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.; 4th edition, 1918 (https://archive.org/details/firstbookofjuri
s00poll)
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The Expansion of the Common Law (https://archive.org/details/expansionofcommo00polluoft/pag

e/n3/mode/2up). London: Stevens and Sons, Limited. 1904. Retrieved 22 October 2020 – via
Internet Archive.
Benton, Alexander Wood, ed. (1897). "General Introduction" (https://archive.org/details/encyclopa
ediaofl01polluoft/page/xxiv/mode/2up). Encyclopædia of the Laws of England: being a New
Abridgment by the Most Eminent Legal Authorities. I. London & Edinburgh: Sweet & Maxwell;
Wm. Green & Sons. pp. 1–13. Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
"CONTRACT" (https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabrit07chisrich/page/34/mode/2up). The
Encyclopaedia Britannica; A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. VII
(CONSTANTINE PAVLOVICH to DEMIDOV) (11th ed.). Cambridge, England and New York: At
the University Press. 1911. pp. 35–40. Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
"TORT" (https://archive.org/stream/encyclopaediabri27chisrich#page/64/mode/2up). The
Encyclopaedia Britannica; A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information (http
s://archive.org/stream/encyclopaediabri27chisrich#page/n7/mode/2up). XXVII(TONALITE to
VESUVIUS) (11th ed.). Cambridge, England and New York: At the University Press. 1911. pp. 64–
66. Retrieved 24 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
The Genius of Common Law (Columbia University Lectures) (https://archive.org/details/geniusofc
ommonla00poll/page/n5/mode/2up). New York: The Columbia University Press. 1912. Retrieved
22 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
Introduction and Notes to Sir Henry Maine's "Ancient Law" (https://archive.org/details/introduction
note00polluoft). London: John Murray. 1914. Retrieved 22 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
The League of Nations (https://archive.org/details/leagueofnations00polluoft/page/n5/mode/2up).
London: Stevens and Sons, Limited. 1920. Retrieved 22 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
Essays in the Law (https://archive.org/details/cu31924017033832/page/n5/mode/2up). London:
Macmillan and CO., Limited. 1922. Retrieved 22 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
For My Grandson, Remembrances of an Ancient Victorian (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2
015.210469/page/n5/mode/2up). London: John Murray. 1933 – via Internet Archive.

See also
Alfred Hutton
HEMA

References
1. Fifoot, C. H. S. (1976). "Pollock, Sir Frederick". In William D. Halsey (ed.). Collier's Encyclopedia.
19. New York: Macmillan Educational Corporation. p. 218.
2. Mark De Wolfe Howe, ed. (1961). Holmes-Pollock Letters: The Correspondence of Mr. Justice
Holmes and Sir Frederick Pollock, 1874-1932; with Introduction by John Corham Palfrey & Sir
John Pollock (https://archive.org/details/holmespollocklet0000holm/page/n7/mode/2up) (2nd ed.).
Cambridge, Massachusetts: the Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press – via Internet
Archive.
3. "Pollock, Frederick (PLK863F)" (http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=&suro=w&fir
=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=PLK863F&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50). A
Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. For My Grandson (1933) John Murray, Note B: Personal Dates
5. The Times 1 June 1894
6. "No. 28511" (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28511/page/5025). The London Gazette.
7 July 1911. p. 5025.
7. "- Person Page 55171" (http://www.thepeerage.com/p55171.htm#i551702). thepeerage.com.
Retrieved 20 September 2014.
8. "Marriages". The Times (36923). London. 12 November 1902. p. 1.

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9. "Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet (British scholar) – Encyclopædia Britannica" (http://www.britan
nica.com/EBchecked/topic/468047/Sir-Frederick-Pollock-3rd-Baronet). britannica.com. Retrieved
20 September 2014.
10. Thimm, Carl Albert. A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling, London, 1896 Preface (http
s://books.google.com/books?id=VntzdRfNnQ4C&pg=PR9#v=onepage&q&f=false)
11. "Action against Sir John Hutton" (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f000148
5%2f18971116%2f040&stringtohighlight=john%20hutton%20slander). St James's Gazette: 7. 16
November 1897. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

External links
Works written by or about Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet at Wikisource
"POLLOCK" (https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabri22chisrich/page/6/mode/2up). The
Encyclopaedia Britannica; A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. XXII
(POLL to REEVES) (11th ed.). Cambridge, England and New York: At the University Press. 1911.
p. 6. Retrieved 23 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
Pollock, Frederick; Maitland, Frederic William (1899). "The History of English Law Before the Time
of Edward I" (https://books.google.com/books?id=UhE7AAAAIAAJ). I (2nd ed.). Cambridge:
University Press. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
Works by Sir Frederick Pollock (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=
show.php&person=4384): at Online Library of Liberty (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=c
om_frontpage&Itemid=149)
Works by or about Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet (https://archive.org/search.php?query=%2
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Portraits of Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet (https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.p
hp?LinkID=mp03599) at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Baronet
Succeeded by

Preceded by

(of Hatton)
Sir Frederick John
William Frederick Pollock
1888–1937 Pollock

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