Pound (surname)

Last updated May 03, 2019

Pound is the surname of:

Albert Pound (1831-?), American politician and businessman
Cuthbert Winfred Pound (1864–1935), American lawyer and politician from New York
Dick Pound (born 1942), Canadian lawyer
Dudley Pound (1877–1943), British naval officer
Ezra Pound (1885–1972), American expatriate poet and critic
Glenn Simpson Pound (1914-2010), American educator
James Pound (1669–1724), English clergyman and astronomer
Jessie Brown Pounds (1861–1921), American writer of gospel songs
Louise Pound (1872–1958), American folklorist and college professor
Omar Pound (1926–2010), Anglo-American writer, teacher, and translator
Robert Pound (1919–2010), American physicist
Roscoe Pound (1870–1964), American legal scholar and educator
Stephen Pound (born 1948), British Labour Party politician
Stephen Bosworth Pound (1833–1911), lawyer, senator and judge
Thaddeus C. Pound (1833–1914), American politician and businessman, brother of Albert Pound and grandfather of Ezra Pound

Albert E. Pound was an American politician and businessman.

Richard William Duncan "Dick" Pound, is a Canadian swimming champion, lawyer and prominent spokesman for ethics in sport. He was the first president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and vice-president of the International Olympic Committee.

Dudley Pound Royal Navy admiral of the fleet

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound, was a senior officer of the Royal Navy. He served in the First World War as a battleship commander, taking part in the Battle of Jutland with notable success, contributing to the sinking of the German cruiser Wiesbaden. He served as First Sea Lord, the professional head of the Royal Navy, for the first four years of the Second World War. In that role his greatest achievement was his successful campaign against the German U-boats and the winning of the Battle of the Atlantic but his judgment has been questioned over the failed Norwegian Campaign in 1940, his dismissal of Admiral Dudley North in 1940, Japan's sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse in late 1941. His order in July 1942 to disperse Convoy PQ 17 and withdraw its covering forces, to counter a non-existent threat from heavy German surface ships, led to its destruction by submarines and aircraft. His health failed in 1943 and he resigned, dying shortly thereafter.

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