Portrait from Reign of George V: Representative Subjects of the King 1913
Sir Harry Bodkin Poland (9 July 1829-2 March 1928) was a noted barrister and an alderman of the London County Council from 1893 to 1901.
He was the sixth son of Peter Poland, a furrier, and Sarah Selina née Jackson. He was born in the parish of St Clement Danes in central London and educated at St Paul's School and the Inner Temple. He was called to the bar in 1851. In 1888 he "took silk" and became a Queen's Counsellor. He retired in 1895, when he was knighted. He died at his Chelsea home, aged 98.
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- Articles in Who Was Who and Dictionary of National Biography.
- Wikipedia page [1].