Richard Pole (other)
Richard Pole may refer to: *Sir Richard Pole (courtier) (1462–1505), Welsh supporter of King Henry VII and husband of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury * Richard de la Pole (died 1525), pretender to the English crown *Sir Richard Carew Pole, 13th Baronet (born 1938), present holder of the baronetcy granted to his ancestor by King Charles I in 1628 *Dick Pole Richard Henry Pole (born October 13, 1950) is a former professional baseball player and a former pitching coach. A right-handed pitcher, Pole was tall and weighed during his playing career. Playing career Pole was born in Trout Creek, Michigan ...

Richard Pole (courtier)
Sir Richard Pole, Order of the Garter, KG (1462 – October 1504) was a supporter and first cousin of King Henry VII of England. He was created a Knight of the Garter and was married to Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury, a member of the Plantagenet dynasty: a marriage which reinforced the Tudor dynasty, Tudor alliance between the houses of House of Lancaster, Lancaster and House of York, York. Family A descendant of an Pole (surname), ancient Welsh family, Sir Richard was a landed gentry, landed gentleman of Buckinghamshire, the son of Margaret_Beauchamp_of_Bletso#Marriages_and_children, Geoffrey Pole, Esquire of Worrell, Cheshire, and of Wythurn in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire (1431 – 1474 / 4 January 1479, interred in Bisham Abbey). His mother was Edith St John, daughter of Sir Oliver St John of Bletso, Bedfordshire (d. 1437) and the half-sister of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England, Henry VII. They shared the same mother, Margaret Beauchamp of Ble ...
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Richard De La Pole
Richard de la Pole (died 24 February 1525) was a pretender to the English crown. Commonly nicknamed "White Rose", he was the last Yorkist claimant to actively and openly seek the crown of England. He lived in exile after many of his relatives were executed, becoming allied with Louis XII of France in the War of the League of Cambrai. Louis saw him as a more favourable ally and prospect for an English king than Henry VIII. During 1514, the stage was set for a Yorkist reclaiming of England under Richard. He was in Brittany with 12,000 mercenaries set for the invasion, leading his army to St. Malo; however, France and England made peace just as they were about to embark and it was thus called off. Later, with Francis I as king, Richard struck up an alliance in 1523 and planned a Yorkist invasion of England once again. However, this never came to fruition, as Richard died fighting alongside Francis I at the Battle of Pavia two years later. Family He was the seventh and youngest s ...
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Sir Richard Carew Pole, 13th Baronet
Sir John Richard Walter Reginald Carew Pole, 13th Baronet, OBE, DL (born 2 December 1938) is the present holder of the Pole baronetcy, granted to his ancestor by King Charles I in 1628. He lives at Antony House in Cornwall. He succeeded his father, Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, 12th Baronet, in 1993. Public service Sir Richard is a Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Cornwall, an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, a Trustee of the Tate Gallery, the Pilgrim Trust, and the Eden Project, a Governor of Gresham's School, Holt, and President of the Cornwall Gardens Trust. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall for 1978 and is a past Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers and a past president of the Royal Horticultural Society, from which he received the Victoria Medal of Honour in 2007. His wife, Mary Dawnay (Lady Carew Pole), is a Lady-in-Waiting to Anne, Princess Royal and past President of the Royal Cornwall Show The Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, usual ...
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