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 Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn (died c. 1286) was a Welsh king who was lord of the part of Powys known as Powys Wenwynwyn and sided with Edward I in his conquest of Wales of 1277 to 1283. Gruffydd was the son of Gwenwynwyn and Margaret Corbet. He was st ...

take their name from the previous association with the place

Welshpool Welshpool ( cy, Y Trallwng) is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. The town is from the Wales–England border and low-lying on the River Severn; its Welsh language name ''Y Trallwng'' m ...

. The link between the knightly ''de la Poles'' of Wales (pre-1300), and

William de la Pole (Chief Baron of the Exchequer) Sir William de la Pole (died 21 June 1366) was a wealthy wool merchant from Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire, England, who became a royal moneylender and briefly served as Chief Baron of the Exchequer. He founded the ''de la Pole'' family, Ear ...

, 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 Edward Felix Tudor-Pole (also known as Edward Tenpole, though he introduced himself as "Ed" on several episodes of '' The Crystal Maze''; born 6 December 1955) is an English musician, television presenter and actor. Originally gaining fame in t ...

(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 (1502–1558), Knight *

Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu (also written Montague or Montacute; circa 1492 – January 1539), was an English nobleman, the only holder of the title Baron Montagu under its 1514 creation, and one of the relatives whom King Henry VIII of ...

(c. 1492-1539) * Leon Pole (1871–1951), Australian artist *

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury (14 August 1473 – 27 May 1541), also called Margaret Pole, as a result of her marriage to Sir Richard Pole, was the only surviving daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, a brother ...

, 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 bor ...

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

, 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, 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, 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 Owen de la Pole (c. 1257 – c. 1293), also known as Owain ap Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, was the heir presumptive to the Welsh principality of Powys Wenwynwyn until 1283 when it was abolished by the Parliament of Shrewsbury. He became the 1st Lord o ...

(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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