Bertram Pollock

Bertram Pollock KCVO (6 December 1863 – 17 October 1943) was a Church of England bishop, schoolmaster, and author.

[1] Born in Hanworth, Middlesex,[2] on 6 December 1863 to George Frederick Pollock — a barrister and Remembrancer to Queen Victoria and Edward VII — and his wife Frances, Bertram was the youngest of five sons, and also had a younger sister.

He matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1882, graduating BA (Classical Tripos, 1st class) in 1885, MA 1890, BD 1902, DD 1903.

[7] There, one of his students was the author Harold Nicolson, who considered Pollock one of "the two who have influenced my intelligence" and "the most fascinating man I shall ever meet.

"[8] An Honorary Chaplain to the King, he was appointed to the episcopate as Bishop of Norwich in 1910,[9] a post he held for 32 years.