The surname Pole usually derives from "Pool", a person associated with a body of water. The Welsh ''de la Pole''s descended from Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn take their name from the previous association with the place Welshpool. The link between the knightly ''de la Poles'' of Wales (pre-1300), and William de la Pole (Chief Baron of the Exchequer), of Hull and his descendants, is uncertain and unproven. It is presented as fact in some genealogies. (See Parentage of William de la Pole (d.1366). Additionally some medieval contemporaries may have been unrelated to either family.

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Sir Charles Pole, 1st Baronet Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Morice Pole, 1st Baronet GCB (18 January 1757 – 6 September 1830) was a Royal Navy officer, colonial governor and banker. As a junior officer he saw action at the siege of Pondicherry in India during the Ame ...

(1757–1830), English naval officer and colonial governor *

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 ...

(born 1950), former Major League Baseball player and current coach * Edward Tudor-Pole (born 1955), a British singer and actor * Sir Felix Pole (1877–1956), British railway manager and industrialist *

George Pole George Edward Pole (died 7 September 2014) was a British Conservative Party member and activist, and an early member (pre-1966) of the Conservative Monday Club, of which he served as National Chairman, 1970–2. At the Conservative Party Conferenc ...

, Conservative Party (UK) member and activist, Chairman of the Conservative Monday Club 1970-1972 *Sir

Geoffrey Pole Sir Geoffrey Pole of Lordington, Sussex (c. 1501 or 1502 – November 1558) was an English knight who supported the Catholic Church in England and Wales when Henry VIII of England was establishing the alternative Church of England with him ...

(1502–1558), Knight * Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu (c. 1492-1539) *

Leon Pole Leon Pole (28 June 1871 – 31 December 1951) was an Australian artist who was associated with the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian Impressionism. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Pole moved to Melbourne where, between ...

(1871–1951), Australian artist * Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, née of Clarence (1473–1541), daughter of George Plantagenet (brother of Edward IV and Richard III of England) *

Reginald Pole Reginald Pole (12 March 1500 – 17 November 1558) was an English cardinal of the Catholic Church and the last Catholic archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1556 to 1558, during the Counter-Reformation. Early life Pole was born a ...

(1500–1558), Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury * Richard Pole (disambiguation), the name of some prominent English noblemen *

Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford (c. 1504 – 12 August 1570) was an English noblewoman; the wife of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford; a wealthy heiress and the only daughter of Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury. Her mother was the last sur ...

(c. 1504-1570), wife of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford *

Wellesley Tudor Pole Wellesley Tudor Pole OBE (23 April 1884 – 13 September 1968) was a spiritualist and early British Baháʼí. He authored many pamphlets and books and was a lifelong pursuer of religious and mystical questions and visions, being particular ...

(1884–1964), English author *

William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington, (20 May 1763 – 22 February 1845), known as Lord Maryborough between 1821 and 1842, was an Anglo-Irish politician and an elder brother of the Duke of Wellington. His surname changed twice: he was ...

, GCH, PC (1763–1845), British politician and elder brother of the Duke of Wellington *

William Pole William Pole FRS FRSE MICE (22 April 181430 December 1900) was an English engineer, astronomer, musician and an authority on Whist. Life He was born in Birmingham on 22 April 1814, the son of Thomas Pole. Pole was apprenticed as an engineer t ...

(1814–1900), English engineer

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Alice de la Pole Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...

, née Chaucer (1404–1475), wife of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk * Edmund de la Pole (disambiguation), the name of some prominent English noblemen * Griffith de la Pole (d. c. 1286), the English name of Welsh Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn *

Joan Oldcastle, 4th Baroness Cobham Joan may refer to: People and fictional characters *Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters *:Joan of Arc, a French military heroine *Joan (surname) Weather events *Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multiple ...

, née de la Pole (d. 1433/1434) * John de la Pole (disambiguation), the name of some prominent English noblemen * Michael de la Pole (disambiguation), the name of some prominent English noblemen * Owen de la Pole (c. 1257 - c. 1293), 1st Lord of Powys, son of Griffith de la Pole * William de la Pole (disambiguation), the name of some prominent English noblemen

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