Thomas Benson Pollock (1836 – 1896)

Thomas Benson Pollock (1836 – 1896) was a British writer and Anglican priest born at Strathallan, on the Isle of Man and educated at Trinity College Dublin. He served as a curate in Leek, Staffordshire, and Stamford Hill, Middlesex.

In 1865 together with his brother, Rev. James S Pollock, they worked at St Alban’s Mission in Birmingham. The Pollocks were followers of the influential Oxford Movement of the Church of England, bringing the Gospel to poor areas of large cities, which were often in areas where there were few schools, no churches, little sanitation and much disease. Their initial ministry met much opposition, but they built up a thriving church and parochial life at some cost to the health of both men.

• Faithful Shepherd Feed Me (Pastor Pastorum, Organ, 5 Verses)
  Faithful Shepherd Feed Me : About This is a hymn written by 19th-century writer and minister Thomas Benson Pollock (1836-1896). Pollock studied at Trinity College, Dublin where he obtained the Vice-Chancellor’s prize for English verse and went on to write litanies for church services and a number of hymns. This hymn is set to the tune ...