Sir Ernest Henry Pooley, 1st Baronet
GCVO (20 November 1876 – 13 February 1966), was a British barrister and arts administrator.
Pooley was born on 20 November 1876 in Paddington, London. He was educated at
Winchester College and
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...
and called to the bar in 1901.
In 1908 he became clerk to the
Drapers Company
The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the 110 livery companies of the City of London. It has the formal name The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of the Mystery of Dr ...
for which he was
knighted
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in 1932 and made a Knight Commander of the
Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1943. From 1946 to 1953 he was Chairman of the
Arts Council of Great Britain
The Arts Council of Great Britain was a non-departmental public body dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Great Britain. It was divided in 1994 to form the Arts Council of England (now Arts Council England), the Scottish Arts Council (l ...
. He was created a baronet, of Westbrook House in the Parish of Tillington in the County of Sussex, in January 1953. He was further honoured when he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 1956.
He published ''The Guilds Of The City Of London'' in 1947. Pooley died in February 1966, aged 89, when the baronetcy became extinct.
In the First World War Pooley served in the
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and the
Royal Garrison Artillery, fighting in both France and Gallipoli.
References
External links
Wimbledon: Ernest Pooley
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1876 births
1966 deaths
Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
British male tennis players
People educated at Winchester College
Royal Navy officers of World War I
Royal Garrison Artillery officers
Tennis people from Greater London