Sir William Frederick Pollock, second baronet (1815–1888;
Oxford DNB); lawyer and author. Published a translation of Dante's
Divine Comedy (1854); also wrote an autobiography (1887) and edited William Charles Macready's
Reminiscences (1876). Chairman of the
Committee of Management, succeeding
James Cotter Morison. Stepped down in 1888 due to ill health; replaced by
Walter Besant.