Benjamin Pollard TD (12 September 1890 – 11 April 1967)"Rt Rev B Pollard: Former Bishop of Sodor and Man", The Times, 12 April 1967, p12 was an Anglican bishop.
Early life and education Pollard was born on 12 September 1890, the son of Benjamin Pollard and Cecilia Beatrice Pollard (née Foxwell). He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and the Victoria University of Manchester.Who's Who 1992 (London, A & C Black )
Ordained ministry He was ordained in 1914 and was a chaplain during World War I with the British Armed Forces. Previously he had spent two years working for the Ministry of Munitions. When interviewed for a commission in the Army Chaplaincy he was noted as ‘A1, good and moderate’. He was posted to East Leeds Hospital, then to Aldershot and finally to Salonika where he remained until after the Armistice.Index Card Museum of Army Chaplaincy 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.lancaster Priory time-line 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."Two New Bishops: Lancaster And Eastern Szechwan", The Times, 1 August 1936, p9 This was a suffragan bishopric, and Pollard hoped for promotion to a diocesan post. His name arose first for the vacancy at Wakefield in 1945 but he was seen to lack ‘depth’ TNA PREM5/345, Wakefield 1945 and ‘being heavy and a trifle worldly’.TNA PREM5/401, Sodor & Man It seemed that when he was overlooked for Blackburn in 1954 TNA PREM5/259, Blackburn 1954 his opportunity was gone but he received the Archbishop of York's support for Sodor & Man in 1954. He was translated to be the Bishop of Sodor and Man in 1954."Ecclesiastical News: New Bishop Of Sodor And Man", The Times, 21 September 1954, p10
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.
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