Elizabeth Inglis Pollock nee Finlayson (1882 – 1963)

Mrs. Inglis Pollock gifted two paintings to Glasgow in 1953.

 Fig. 1 Cruachan
 John Campbell Mitchell (1862 – 1922)
(© CSG GIC Glasgow Museums/ ArtUK Accession Number 2995)

                                                    Fig. 2 Landscape
 Horatio McCulloch (attributed to) (1805 – 1867)
  (© CSG GIC Glasgow Museums/ArtUK Accession Number 2996)

On 6 September 1881, John McLean Finlayson married Elizabeth Semple in Hillhead, Glasgow.¹ The following year, on 17 September, their daughter Elizabeth Campbell Finlayson was born at 19 Shaftesbury Terrace, Glasgow, Kelvin.² By 1891, the family had moved to 144 Holland Street and Elizabeth now had two sisters, Georgina and Margaret. The family also employed two servants. ³ Ten years later, Elizabeth aged eighteen and an arts student had moved with her parents and siblings to forty-seven Albert Drive, Pollokshields. John Finlayson was now a sugar broker. ⁴ Shortly afterwards, the family moved again. This time to 8 Matilda Road, Pollokshields ⁵ and from the census of 1911, Georgina was now twenty-seven and a music student while Margaret, aged twenty-two, was a student in arts. ⁶

                        Fig. 3.  8 Matilda Road, Pollockshields, Glasgow
 (Google Photos, July 2022)

            On 27 June 1914 at the Trinity Free Church, Claremont Street, Glasgow, Elizabeth Campbell Finlayson, thirty-one, married William Barr Inglis Pollock an ophthalmic surgeon aged thirty-six. The wedding reception was held in the Grand Hotel.^7,8 After a honeymoon in Switzerland, the couple moved into the groom’s home at 21 Woodside Place, Glasgow.
In 1916, Dr. Inglis Pollock completed registration for the Medical Recruiting Scheme. He was at that time Consultant Assistant Surgeon, Glasgow Eye Infirmary, Ophthalmic Surgeon, Ayr County Hospital, Govan School Board and Ayr School Board. He stipulated that should his services be required, arrangements had to be made to ensure his present work was carried out during his absence. ⁹
The couple continued to live at 21 Woodside Place. ¹⁰ In 1926, Dr. Pollock applied unsuccessfully for the Chair of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery at the Anderson College of Medicine.¹¹ Dr. Inglis Pollock died aged seventy-five at 1055 Great Western Road, Glasgow (usual residence 21 Woodside Place). He was an ophthalmic surgeon, retired. ¹²
The two paintings were given to Glasgow shortly afterwards, possibly as a result of Elizabeth downsizing. Elizabeth Campbell Pollock died of a cerebral haemorrhage aged eighty-one on 23 September 1963. She was found dead at 14 Royal Terrace, Glasgow. Her death was reported by a nephew John A. Barr Pollock. ¹³

            References

1. Scotland’s People, Marriage Certificate
2. Scotland’s People, Birth Certificate
3. Scotland’s People, 1891 Census
4. Scotland’s People, 1901 Census
5. Scotland’s People, Valuation Roll, Pollokshields, 1905
6. Scotland’s People, 1911 Census
7. Scotland’s People, Marriage Certificate
8. Daily Record, 29 June 1914 (This contains a full report of the wedding including a description of the dresses etc. worn by the bride and bridesmaids. Two of the latter were the bride’s sisters, Georgina and Margaret. The best man was Mr. A. Barr Pollock from Hong Kong, brother of the groom).
9. https:/smsec.rcpe.ac.uk
10. Scotland’s People, 1921 Census
11. Archives of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow.
12. Scotland’s People, Death Certificate
13. Scotland’s People, Death Certificate