Background
He was the son of Thomas Pocock and his wife, Anne, and grandson of the Review Doctor Laurence Pocock, Rector of Brightwalton in Berkshire, who, in turn, was probably a second cousin to Edward Pocock, the orientalist and biblical scholar.
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Thomas Pocock
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He was educated at Abingdon, and entered Pembroke College, Oxford, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1694.
Career
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1727. He was Master of Arts of Street Mary Hall, Oxford in 1698. Pocock was chaplain to George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, his brother-in-law, on HMS Ranelagh, during the Battle of Málaga (1704), having previously served from 1698 in HMS Oxford.
His journal relates mainly to this naval campaign.
He served as naval chaplain again, in 1711, in HMS Union. Subsequently Pocock was rector of Danbury in Essex, from 1705.
He became rector of Latchingdon, in the same county, in 1712, and also chaplain to the Royal Hospital, Greenwich in Kent (now Greater London), from 1716. Pocock married Joyce, the daughter of James Master, who was a brother of Streynsham Master, the English East India Company pioneer.
Pocock"s master, Lord Torrington, married Joyce"s sister, Margaret.
Pocock had nine children, including Admiral Sir George Pocock Knight Bachelor, Lieutenant Richard Pocock Registered Nurse, Sarah the wife of Captain Philip Vincent Registered Nurse and Beatrice the wife of the Review
David Campbell, Chaplain to Greenwich Hospital.
Membership
Royal Society.
