Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet
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
POORE, Admiral Sir Richard 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
- Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, August, 1911 – 31 December, 1914.
Footnotes
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
- The National Archives. ADM 196/39.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/19.
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| Preceded by ? |
Commander-in-Chief at the Nore 1911 – 1914 |
Succeeded by Sir George Callaghan |
