Family and Education
b. 21 Feb. 1706, 1st s. of Rev. Thomas Pocock, rector of Danbury, Essex and chaplain to Greenwich Hospital, by Joyce, da. of James Master of East Langdon, Kent, sis. of Margaret, wife of George Byng, 1st Visct. Torrington. m. 28 Nov. 1763, Sophia, da. of George Drake (s. of Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Bt.), wid. of Capt. Digby Dent, R.N., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1745. cr. K.B. 23 Mar. 1761.
Offices Held
Entered R.N. 1718; lt. 1726; cdr. 1734; capt. 1738; r.-adm. 1755; v.-adm. 1757; adm. 1762.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Twickenham, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
POCOCK, George (1706-92)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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