Sir Henry Poole (1564 – 3 November 1632) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1597 and 1626. Poole was the eldest son of Edward Poole of Cirencester, Gloucestershire and Oaksey, Wiltshire. He succeeded to the estates on the death of his father in 1577. In 1580, he attended

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. He was a J.P. for Wiltshire from about 1590 but fell into dispute with fellow JP Henry Knyvet over the ownership of the manor of Kemble, a quarrel which lasted several years. History of Parliament Online - Henry Poole
/ref> In 1597, Poole was elected

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for

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. He was knighted in 1603. In 1604 he was elected MP for

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. He was elected MP for

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in 1614 and was

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from 1619 to 1620. In 1621 he was elected MP for

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. He was elected MP for

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in 1624, becoming one of the few MPs to serve as

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for more than one county. In 1626 he was elected MP for Wiltshire again. Poole died at the age of 67. Poole married firstly Griselda Neville, daughter of

Edward Nevill, 7th Baron Bergavenny Edward Nevill, ''de facto'' 7th Baron Bergavenny ( – 10 February 1588) was a ''de facto'' English peer. The son of Sir Edward Nevill, he was considered to have succeeded to the Barony upon the death of Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny, his ...

, of Newton St Loe, Somerset and had two sons and a daughter. He married secondly Anne Lady Harington (née Barnard) widow of Sir James Harington of Ridlington, Rutland. His son Neville was also a Member of Parliament.

References

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