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Frederick Pollen

Frederick Pollen

British civil servant of the Indian Civil Service (ICS)

Frederick Pollen (1847 - 11 February 1876) was a British District Collector at Bulandshahr, India. He had been a student at Dublin University, and passed the examination for the Indian Civil Service and Home Civil Service in first class in 1867,[1] taking 13th place.[2] In 1869 he was assistant magistrate and collector at Meerut.[3] He married Emily Charlotte (née Patrick).[4] The old District Gazetteer of Bulandshahr is largely based on his work, along with Raja Lachhman Singh, and on the settlement report by R. G. Currie.[5] Pollen died in Bulandshahr on 11 February 1876, at the age of 29.[6][7]

Frederick Pollen, All Saints Church, Bulandshahr
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References

  1. [1]
    "List of successful candidates at the examination for the Indian Civil Service and Home Civil Service (First Class)". Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Calendar. Vol. III. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co. 1836–1951. p. 23.
  2. [2]
    "ICS". Dublin Evening Mail. Dublin, Republic of Ireland. 1 June 1867. p. 1.
  3. [3]
    Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List. J. Murray. 1871. p. 30.
  4. [4]
    Burke, Bernard; Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1912). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 98.
  5. [5]
    Nevill, H. R. (1903). Bulandshahr: A Gazetteer. Allahabad: Government Press. pp. preface, 128.
  6. [6]
    Allen's Indian mail and register of intelligence for British and foreign India: 1876,1/6. 1876. p. 254.
  7. [7]
    Pollock, John Charles (1958). Shadows Fall Apart: The Story of the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission. Hodder and Stoughton. pp. 103–108.


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