Pollard (Castle Pollard)
This family was established at Castle Pollard, county Westmeath, at the end of the 16th century. Walter Pollard’s lands were erected into the Manor of Castle Pollard by a patent of 36 Charles II. In 1696, his daughter Letitia married Charles Hampson of Achecreevy, county Cavan, who assumed the name of Pollard. In 1846, their descendant William Pollard of Castle Pollard married Mary Isabella, only daughter and heir of William Urquhart of Craigston Castle, Aberdeen and assumed the Urquhart name. In the early 20th century the Pollard estate passed through the female line to Francis James Style Humphreys who assumed the name Pollard in 1917 on succeeding his uncle. The Pollard estate was located in the parishes of Lickbla, St Feighin’s but primarily in the parish of Rathgarve (10 townlands) and amounted to over 5,000 acres.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Kinturk House | Kinturk Demesne | Rathgarve | Castletowndelvin | Kinturk | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N463698
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 41 |
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Archival sources
- Winterbotham, Gurney and Co (later Jessop) of Cheltenham, solicitors papers, contain information relating to the Pollard family, 19th century. D2202 accession 5213 Box 53 and Box 57; Gloucestershire Archives
- Map of Newcastle and Doon. Co. Westmeath, the estate of William Pollard. Surveyed by Thomas William. Oblong folio sheet, Nov., 1763. 16 J. 10 (3); National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Pollard of Devon, Somerset and Castlepollard and Kinturk, Co Westmeath, c 1380-1826. GO Ms 171, 229-235; National Library of Ireland
- Two leases by William Pollard to Robert Crowe, both of Dublin, of lands in Castlepollard, 1771, 1772. D 18,665-18,666, D 18,670; National Library of Ireland
- Letter of ? Pollard concerning conveyance of a basket of game to Exeter, 17 Dec 1829. Ms 15,316; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of royal licence to William Pollard of Castlepollard to take the name Urquhart in addition to Pollard, 11 June 1847. GO Ms 152, 45-47; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of grant of arms being Urquhart quartering Pollard and Hampson to William Pollard on his assuming under Royal Licence and in regard to his father-in-law William Urquhart of Craighston Castle, Aberdeen, the name and arms of Pollard Urquhart, 24 June 1847. GO Ms 107, 368-369; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of grant of arms being Pollard quartering Hampson and Urquhart to Francis James Style Humphreys of Kinturk, Castlepollard, on his assuming by deed poll in 1917 and in compliance with the will of [his uncle] Lt Col Francis Edward Romulus Pollard Urquhart the name and arms of Pollard, 5 Feb 1920. GO Ms 111B, 88; National Library of Ireland
- A map of Derrya in the barony of Fore and County of Westmeath the estate of Dillon Pollard let to Capt. Pakenham. Scale 20 perches to an inch. 21 F 48 (7); National Library of Ireland
- Map of the Demense of Kinturk in the barony of Fore and County of Westmeath the seat of William Pollard. Surveyed in 1786 by J.B. Scale 10 perches to an inch. 21 F 48 (8); National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 392
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 499 (Kinturk)
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 250 (Castle Pollard)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 224 (Kanturk)
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: National Library Report on Private Collections Report on the Mooney and Dowdall Papers (from 1684), in the custody of Messrs. Nooney and Dowdall, solicitors, Mullingar, relating to the Pollard, Nugent and Brabazon families and to the lands in Cos. Westmeath and Cavan. No. 191
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 610-611
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 131