Sir Donald Pollock, 1st Baronet

Sir John Donald Pollock, 1st Baronet FRSE LLD (23 November 1868 – 4 June 1962)[1] was a Scottish physician, industrialist and philanthropist who served as Rector of the University of Edinburgh from 1939 to 1945 and gave land to the University to build halls of residence.

[2] He was born in Galashiels on 23 November 1868 the son of Margaret (née Donald) and Rev John Barr Pollock.

[4] His service to the Duke was partially interrupted by the First World War during which he served as a Medical Officer attached to the Royal Navy Reserve.

[1] From 1943 to 1961 Pollock was an active members of the ruling council of the Cockburn Association, Edinburgh's influential long-running conservation organisation, serving first as its convener from 1943–54 and then as its vice-president from 1955–61.

[7] He died on 4 June 1962 at Manor House, a large villa on Boswall Road in the Trinity district of Edinburgh, with panoramas overlooking the Firth of Forth.