Sir George Herbert Pollard (20 October 1864 – 27 August 1937) was a British physician, barrister and Liberal politician.
He was the son of James Pollard of Southport, Lancashire.
Pollard was educated at Oxford and Edinburgh Universities. He received a Bachelor of Medicine degree from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1886, and was the first prizeman in Public Health.
In 1888 he married Charlotte Elizabeth Butterworth. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1893, and was elected mayor of the Borough of Southport in 1897.
He was an active participant in Liberal politics, and stood unsuccessfully for election to parliament at Southport in 1892, and Chatham in 1895. In 1906 he was elected MP for Eccles, and held the seat until the 1918 general election.
He was a member of the General Council of University of Edinburgh and assistant to the Professor of Midwifery at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. During the First World War he was a medical advisor to the Ministry of Munitions on poison gas and chemical warfare. In 1909 he was knighted.
References
- ^ Obituary: Sir George Pollard, The Times, 28 August 1937, p. 12
- ^ Biographies Of Candidates, The Times, Wednesday, 29 June 1892, p. 3
- News in Brief, The Times, Tuesday, 22 May 1894, p. 7
- "No. 28321". The London Gazette. 24 December 1909. p. 9763.
External links
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Pollard
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byOctavius Leigh Leigh-Clare | Member of Parliament for Eccles 1906–1918 |
Succeeded byMarshall Stevens |
   | This article about a Liberal Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |