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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''Richard Poore''', Fourth Baronet, K.C.B., Royal Navy (7 July, 1853 – 8 December, 1930) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''Richard Poore''', Fourth Baronet, K.C.B., Royal Navy (7 July, 1853 – 8 December, 1930) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].


==Who was Who==
==Early Life & Career==
POORE, Admiral Sir Richard
Poore was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 3 April, 1917.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30012/pages/3404 no. 30012.  p. 3404.]  10 April, 1917.</ref>
4th Bt cr 1795; KCB, 1909
 
Born 7 July 1853; m 1885, Ida (author of Recollections of an Admiral’s Wife, 1916; An Admiral’s Wife in the Making, 1917; Harbour Lights, 1922), d of Bishop Graves of Limerick; died 8 Dec. 1930
 
SUCCESSION
S father, 1893
 
CAREER
Served with Naval Brigade in Perak Expedition, 1875–76 despatches, promoted, medal and clasp); Lieut on ‘Invincible’ at Alexandria, 1882; with Naval Brigade in Egyptian War, 1882 (despatches, medal with clasp, 4th class Medjidie); and in Nile Expedition for Khartoum, 1884–85 (despatches, promoted, clasp); Rear-Admiral, 1903; of Mediterranean and Channel Fleet, 1904–05; Vice-Admiral, 1907; Commander-in-Chief, Australian station, 1908–11; Admiral, 1911; Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, 1911–15; retired, 1917; DL, JP, Wilts; Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, 1917; Grand Cross of the Order of Honour, 1917; Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy, 1917
 
HEIR
nephew Edward, b 1894
 
CLUB
United Service
 
ADDRESS
Winsley Corner, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts


==Commands==
==Commands==

Revision as of 20:06, 27 August 2010

Admiral SIR Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet, K.C.B., Royal Navy (7 July, 1853 – 8 December, 1930) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Poore was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 3 April, 1917.[1]

Commands

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 30012. p. 3404. 10 April, 1917.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Richard Poore" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 11 December, 1930. Issue 45693, col B, pg. 10.
  • Poore, Lady Ida (1916). Recollections of an Admiral's Wife: 1903—1916. London: Smith, Elder & Co..

Service Records


Naval Office
Preceded by
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Commander-in-Chief at the Nore
1911 – 1914
Succeeded by
Sir George Callaghan