Benjamin Pollard


Benjamin Pollard TD was an Anglican bishop.

Early life and education

Pollard was born on 12 September 1890, the son of Benjamin Pollard and Cecilia Beatrice Pollard. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and the Victoria University of Manchester.

Ordained ministry

He was ordained in 1914 and was a chaplain during World War I with the British Armed Forces. After this he became the Precentor of Sheffield Cathedral and then Rector of Bradfield. From 1924 to 1928 he was Rector of St Chrysostom's Victoria Park, Manchester and then began a long association with the Lancaster area. He was Vicar for eight years and, in his last years there, an archdeacon.
He was ordinated to the episcopate as the first Bishop of Lancaster. He was translated to be the Bishop of Sodor and Man in 1954.
He retired in 1966 and died the following year.

Personal life

In 1916, Pollard married Marjorie Bradbury. They had one son together before her death in 1961. In 1962, he married Eileen Vellan, a widow; she survived him.