Sir William Hutcheson Poë, 1st Baronet (20 September 1848 – 30 November 1934) was an Irish soldier and politician.

Biography

He was born the younger son of William T. Poë in

Donaghadee Donaghadee ( , ) is a small town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the northeast coast of the Ards Peninsula, about east of Belfast and about six miles (10 km) south east of Bangor. It is in the civil parish of Donaghadee and t ...

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. He joined the

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in 1867 and served in the Sudan in 1884, commanding a unit of the Camel Corps in the Relief of Khartoum in 1885. He retired in 1888. He was a

Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

and Deputy Lieutenant for Queen's County and was appointed

High Sheriff of Queen's County The High Sheriff of Queen's County was the British Crown's judicial representative in Queen's County, Ireland (now County Laois), Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the of ...

for 1891 and

High Sheriff of Tyrone The High Sheriff of Tyrone is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Tyrone. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besides his jud ...

for 1893. He lived at Heywood House,

Ballinakill Ballinakill () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. As of the 2016 census, there were 445 people living in Ballinakill. History From 1613 until ...

. He was a member of the

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in 1902. He was created a baronet on 2 July 1912. From 1915 to 1916 he served in Egypt during

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, and from 1916 to 1919 was with the Red Cross in France. He was the

Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors. The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August ...

from 1920 to 1922. He was an

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member of

Seanad Éireann Seanad Éireann (, ; "Senate of Ireland") is the upper house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (the lower house). It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its memb ...

from 1922 to 1924. He was nominated to the Seanad by the President of the Executive Council in 1922 for 12 years. He resigned from the Seanad on 9 December 1924, on age and health grounds.

Douglas Hyde Douglas Ross Hyde ( ga, Dubhghlas de hÍde; 17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949), known as (), was an Irish academic, linguist, scholar of the Irish language, politician and diplomat who served as the first President of Ireland from June 1938 t ...

was elected at a by-election to replace him. In 1886 he married Mary Adelaide Domvile, only surviving daughter of Sir William Compton Domvile, 3rd Baronet. He was succeeded by his son Hugo, the 2nd and last Baronet.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Poe, William Hutcheson 1848 births 1934 deaths People from Donaghadee Independent members of Seanad Éireann Members of the 1922 Seanad Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom British Army personnel of World War I High Sheriffs of Queen's County High Sheriffs of Tyrone Lord-Lieutenants of Queen's County

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