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Ernest Henry Pooley, 1st Baronet

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(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

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and

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and called to the bar in 1901. In 1905, he became a clerk to the Drapers Company for which he was

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in 1932 and made a Knight Commander of the

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(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

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and the

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, fighting in both France and Gallipoli.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pooley, Ernest Henry 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 20th-century English lawyers People educated at Winchester College Royal Navy officers of World War I Royal Garrison Artillery officers Military personnel from the City of Westminster People from Paddington