James Pollock (politician)

Captain Sir James Huey Hamill Pollock, CMG OBE KStJ[1][2] (1893–14 March 1982), also known as Shamus Pollock, was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Pollock studied at the Royal School, Armagh and the University of Leeds. During World War I served as a Lieutenant, Captain and Major in the 6th Royal Irish Rifles. He then joined the colonial civil service, spending many years in British Palestine. He served as District Officer in Ramallah and District Commissioner for Jerusalem.[3][4]

He retired in 1954, and was immediately elected an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Senate of Northern Ireland, serving until 1957.[5]

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34585. p. 18. 30 December 1938.
  2. ↑ "Deaths". The Times (The Times Digital Archive). 14 March 1982. p. 22.
  3. ↑ Segev, Tom (2001). One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate. Macmillan. p. 63. ISBN 0-8050-6587-3.
  4. ↑ "James Pollock". Palestine: Information with Provenance (PIWP database). University College Cork. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  5. ↑ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.207
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