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'''Oliver Brian Sanderson Poole, 1st Baron Poole''' was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician, soldier and businessman.
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==Early life==
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Oliver Brian Sanderson Poole was born at 6 [[Montagu Mansions]], [[St Marylebone]], [[London]], on 11 August 1911,  the only child of Donald Louis Poole, an insurance broker and a member of [[Lloyd's of London]], and his wife Therese Lillian ''nee'' Frodsham. He was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]], where he played [[polo]] for the university. He graduated in 1932 as a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (B.A.).<ref name="odnb">https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F53145</ref>
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==Military service==
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Poole was in the [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|Life Guards]] for nine months,<ref name="odnb"/> and was commissioned as an officer in the [[Warwickshire Yeomanry]] in 1934.<ref name=debrett>Mosley, Charles (ed.). ''Debrett's Handbook 1982, Distinguished People in British Life.'' Debrett's Peerage Limited. p. 1271.</ref> During the [[Second World War]], he fought in [[Syria–Lebanon Campaign|Syria]], [[Anglo-Iraqi War|Iraq]], [[North African campaign|North Africa]], [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italy]] and [[North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–45|North-West Europe]], rising to become a [[colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in the [[British Army]] on the staff of the [[21st Army Group]].<ref>Mead, Richard (2015). The Men Behind Monty. Barnsley, Yorkshire: Pen and Sword. pp. 8, 98, 128, 129, 135, 193–194, 196, 243.</ref> He was thrice [[mentioned in despatches]].<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7341</ref><ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35821/supplement/5439</ref><ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36994/supplement/1548</ref> He was appointed to the [[Order of the British Empire]] as a Member (military) on 18 February 1943,<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35908/supplement/861</ref> and was promoted to be an Officer (military) on 16 September that year,<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36173/supplement/4119</ref> and Commander (military) on 11 October 1945.<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37302/supplement/4990</ref> He was also appointed to the American [[Legion of Merit]] as a Legionnaire "in recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies" on 15 March 1945,<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36983/supplement/1428</ref> and to the Dutch [[Order of Orange-Nassau]] with Swords (denoting the military division) as a Commander on 16 January 1947.<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37853/supplement/327</ref>
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==Political career==
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Poole was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Oswestry (UK Parliament constituency)|Oswestry]] in the [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 general election]], but stood down at the [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950 general election]]. He was later Joint Honorary Treasurer of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] from 1952 to 1955, its [[Chairman of the Conservative Party|Chairman]] from 1955 to 1957, its Deputy Chairman from 1957 to 1959, its joint chairman with [[Iain Macleod]] in 1963 and its vice-chairman from 1963 to 1964. In the [[1958 Birthday Honours]], he was raised to the peerage,<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41404/supplement/3511</ref> and was gazetted on 11 July as '''Baron Poole''', of Aldgate in the City of London.<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41442/page/4348</ref> In the [[1963 Birthday Honours]], he was sworn of the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]].<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43010/supplement/4793</ref>
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==Business career==
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In 1933, Poole joined a firm of building contractors in Birmingham. He joined the family business, John Poole & Son Ltd, insurance brokers, in the city, in 1939, and became a member of Lloyd's. In 1950, he joined [[Pearson PLC|S. Pearson & Sons Ltd]] on the invitation of his friend [[Weetman Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray]], and became its chief executive. He oversaw the expansion of the company through the acquisition of the ''[[Financial Times]]'', [[Penguin Books]], [[Longman]], [[Château Latour]], and [[Royal Doulton]]. From 1950 to 1965, he was a director of [[Lazard|Lazard Brothers & Co]], a London merchant bank in which Pearsons owned 80 per cent of the stock, and was its chairman from 1965 to 1973. He also became a member of the board of [[Fiat]], in [[Turin]], in 1972,<ref name="odnb"/> and a trustee of the [[National Gallery]] in 1973.<ref name=debrett/>
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Poole married Betty Margaret, daughter of Captain Dugald Stewart Gilkison, on 6 September 1933. They had one son and three daughters: Caroline, Alison Victoria, Sheila Marian and David Charles. They divorced in 1951. He married Daphne Wilma Kenyon Bowles, daughter of Eustace Bowles and formerly wife of Brigadier Algernon Heber-Percy, on 9 May 1952. They had no children and were divorced in 1965. He married Barbara Ann Taylor, the only daughter of E. A. Taylor, on 4 April 1966. They had no children.<ref name=debrett/>
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Poole was confined to a wheelchair after he suffered a [[stroke]] in 1974. He spent summers at his villa in [[Castellina in Chianti]], in [[Tuscany]].
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He died from [[bronchopneumonia]] at his home at 24 Campden Hill Gate in [[Kensington]], London, on 28 January 1993. He was survived by his third wife (who died on 10 November 2022)<ref>https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/260775/poole</ref> and his four children from his first marriage, and was succeeded in the barony by his son David.<ref name="odnb" /><ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lord-poole-1481499.html</ref>
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Person.png Oliver Poole  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, soldier, businessman)
Oliver Poole.jpg
Born11 August 1911
St Marylebone, London
Died28 January 1993 (Age 81)
Kensington, London
NationalityBritish
Alma materEton, Christ Church (Oxford)
SpouseBetty Margaret Gilkison Daphne Wilma Kenyon Bowles
PartyConservative
British Conservative Party politician, soldier and businessman. Chief executive of S. Pearson & Sons Ltd and Chairman of Lazard.

Employment.png Chairman

In office
1965 - 1973
EmployerLazard

Employment.png Chairman of the Conservative Party Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
17 April 1963 - 21 October 1963
Preceded byIain Macleod
Jointly with Iain Macleod

Oliver Brian Sanderson Poole, 1st Baron Poole was a British Conservative Party politician, soldier and businessman.

Early life

Oliver Brian Sanderson Poole was born at 6 Montagu Mansions, St Marylebone, London, on 11 August 1911, the only child of Donald Louis Poole, an insurance broker and a member of Lloyd's of London, and his wife Therese Lillian nee Frodsham. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he played polo for the university. He graduated in 1932 as a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).[1]

Military service

Poole was in the Life Guards for nine months,[1] and was commissioned as an officer in the Warwickshire Yeomanry in 1934.[2] During the Second World War, he fought in Syria, Iraq, North Africa, Italy and North-West Europe, rising to become a colonel in the British Army on the staff of the 21st Army Group.[3] He was thrice mentioned in despatches.[4][5][6] He was appointed to the Order of the British Empire as a Member (military) on 18 February 1943,[7] and was promoted to be an Officer (military) on 16 September that year,[8] and Commander (military) on 11 October 1945.[9] He was also appointed to the American Legion of Merit as a Legionnaire "in recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies" on 15 March 1945,[10] and to the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords (denoting the military division) as a Commander on 16 January 1947.[11]

Political career

Poole was elected Member of Parliament for Oswestry in the 1945 general election, but stood down at the 1950 general election. He was later Joint Honorary Treasurer of the Conservative Party from 1952 to 1955, its Chairman from 1955 to 1957, its Deputy Chairman from 1957 to 1959, its joint chairman with Iain Macleod in 1963 and its vice-chairman from 1963 to 1964. In the 1958 Birthday Honours, he was raised to the peerage,[12] and was gazetted on 11 July as Baron Poole, of Aldgate in the City of London.[13] In the 1963 Birthday Honours, he was sworn of the Privy Council.[14]

Business career

In 1933, Poole joined a firm of building contractors in Birmingham. He joined the family business, John Poole & Son Ltd, insurance brokers, in the city, in 1939, and became a member of Lloyd's. In 1950, he joined S. Pearson & Sons Ltd on the invitation of his friend Weetman Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray, and became its chief executive. He oversaw the expansion of the company through the acquisition of the Financial Times, Penguin Books, Longman, Château Latour, and Royal Doulton. From 1950 to 1965, he was a director of Lazard Brothers & Co, a London merchant bank in which Pearsons owned 80 per cent of the stock, and was its chairman from 1965 to 1973. He also became a member of the board of Fiat, in Turin, in 1972,[1] and a trustee of the National Gallery in 1973.[2]

Family

Poole married Betty Margaret, daughter of Captain Dugald Stewart Gilkison, on 6 September 1933. They had one son and three daughters: Caroline, Alison Victoria, Sheila Marian and David Charles. They divorced in 1951. He married Daphne Wilma Kenyon Bowles, daughter of Eustace Bowles and formerly wife of Brigadier Algernon Heber-Percy, on 9 May 1952. They had no children and were divorced in 1965. He married Barbara Ann Taylor, the only daughter of E. A. Taylor, on 4 April 1966. They had no children.[2]

Poole was confined to a wheelchair after he suffered a stroke in 1974. He spent summers at his villa in Castellina in Chianti, in Tuscany. He died from bronchopneumonia at his home at 24 Campden Hill Gate in Kensington, London, on 28 January 1993. He was survived by his third wife (who died on 10 November 2022)[15] and his four children from his first marriage, and was succeeded in the barony by his son David.[1][16]


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References

  1. ↑ a b c d https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F53145
  2. ↑ a b c Mosley, Charles (ed.). Debrett's Handbook 1982, Distinguished People in British Life. Debrett's Peerage Limited. p. 1271.
  3. ↑ Mead, Richard (2015). The Men Behind Monty. Barnsley, Yorkshire: Pen and Sword. pp. 8, 98, 128, 129, 135, 193–194, 196, 243.
  4. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7341
  5. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35821/supplement/5439
  6. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36994/supplement/1548
  7. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35908/supplement/861
  8. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36173/supplement/4119
  9. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37302/supplement/4990
  10. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36983/supplement/1428
  11. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37853/supplement/327
  12. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41404/supplement/3511
  13. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41442/page/4348
  14. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43010/supplement/4793
  15. ↑ https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/260775/poole
  16. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lord-poole-1481499.html
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