Henry Poole (c. 1592 – c. 1652) was an English politician who sat in the

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variously between 1624 and 1640.

Biography

Poole was the son of Sir Henry Poole of Sapperton, Gloucestershire, former MP for Gloucestershire, and his wife Anne Wroughton, daughter of Sir

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of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire. He matriculated at Merton College, Oxford on 10 July 1607 and was a student of the

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in 1609.W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester''
/ref> In 1615 he purchased the manor of Cirencester from the Earl of Danby. He was Deputy Lieutenant for Gloucestershire in 1624. In 1624 Poole was elected

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for

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, and was re-elected in 1625. In April 1640, he was re-elected MP for Cirencester in the Short Parliament. In 1645 his son William was compounded for delinquency and in 1647 was fined £1494. The Pooles had argued that father and son were forced to comply with the

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party and had never acted against parliament. Poole died before February 1652.

Family

Poole married Hon. Beatrix Brydges daughter of

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and had three children, William, Anne and Beatrice (Beata). Anne married

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, and Beatrice married Thomas Pope, 3rd

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poole, Henry 1590s births 1650s deaths Alumni of Merton College, Oxford English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1640 (April)