POLLEN, Peregrine Michael Hungerford (1931-2020)

[Richard R]

He was s of Capt Sir Sir Walter Michael Hungerford POLLEN MC (1894-1968), scion of the Bts of that name, and Rosalind Frances (b 21 Sept 1899, died 2 Oct 1982 (reg Q3 Glos)) d of Robert Henry BENSON (1850-1929) of Walpole House, Chiswick, London, by his 1887 m (reg Q3 London) to Evelyn HOLFORD (1856-1943). He m 1958 (div 1972, remarried 1978) Patricia Helen (1932-2016) d of Lt-Col Gerald BARRY MC (1896-1977), scion of the Bts of that name, and Lady Margaret PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE (1903-2002) d of 6th Earl of RADNOR CIE CBE (1868-1930) and Julian Eleanor Adelaide BALFOUR (c1868-1946), scion of the Scots gentry family of that name of Balbirnie, and had a son and two daus. He also had, by Amanda WILLIS, a further son (Josh) and dau (Lally).

Times obit 2 March 2020:
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...Peregrine Michael Hungerford Pollen was born in Oxford in 1931, the son of Captain Sir Walter Pollen, an industrialist who was awarded the Military Cross during the First World War, and his wife Rosalind (née Benson)...
In 1958 he married Patricia Barry, who worked for the security services and was later a teacher in Harlem. They had three children: Susannah, who is an art adviser; Bella, an author; and Marcus, who runs a steelworks. They divorced in 1972 but remarried six years later, by which time he had two more children, Josh, a scientific cook, and Lally, a mature student, with Amanda Willis. “In the end he was smart enough to recognise that my mother equalled home, and he always came back,” wrote Bella. Patricia died in September 2016 and he is survived by his five children and 11 grandchildren....
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/peregrine-pollen-obituary-nmj5d3t5g

[dpth...@gmail.com]

Does it say when he died?

[Richard R]

Peregrine Pollen, auctioneer, was born on January 24, 1931. He died after being struck by a lorry on February 18, 2020, aged 89

[Paul Theroff]

Thanks!  I couldn't read the article without a subscription.

On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 8:24 AM Richard R <r_ru...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Peregrine Pollen, auctioneer, was born on January 24, 1931. He died after being struck by a lorry on February 18, 2020, aged 89

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Full online and oublicly available version of the obituary is at The Art Newspaper:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/03/27/peregrine-pollen-who-revitalised-auction-industry-and-laid-the-ground-for-the-booming-art-market-of-the-21st-century-has-died-age-89