Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, 12th Baronet (4 March 1902 – 26 January 1993) was a Cornish landowner, soldier and politician. He was Chairman of

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from 1952 to 1963 and

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from 1962 to 1977, briefly serving in both roles simultaneously. His name until 1926 was John Gawen Pole-Carew.

Early life

John Gawen Carew Pole was the elder son of

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Sir Reginald Pole-Carew (1849–1924), by his marriage to Lady Beatrice (1876–1952), a daughter of the

James Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde James Edward William Theobald Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde, (5 October 1844 – 26 October 1919), styled Earl of Ossory until 1854, was a Conservative Peer, Irish landowner, Yachtsman and member of the Butler dynasty. Early Life James But ...

(1844–1919). Carew Pole was educated at

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and the

Royal Military College, Sandhurst The Royal Military College (RMC) was a United Kingdom, British military academy for training infantry and cavalry Officer (armed forces), officers of the British Army, British and British Indian Army, Indian Armies. It was founded in 1801 at Gre ...

.'CAREW POLE, Col. Sir John (Gawen)', in ''Who Was Who'' (London: A. & C. Black, 1920–2008
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, December 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2012 In 1926, he changed his name by

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from John Gawen Pole-Carew to John Gawen Carew Pole. He was succeeded by his son

Sir Richard Carew Pole, 13th Baronet Sir John Richard Walter Reginald Carew Pole, 13th Baronet, OBE, DL (2 December 1938 – 1 December 2024) was a British aristocrat who was a holder of the Pole baronetcy, granted to his ancestor by King Charles I in 1628. He lived at Antony Ho ...

Career

Carew Pole served in the

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from 1923 to 1939, during which time he served in

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during the

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, and commanded the 5th Battalion the

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) was a Light infantry, light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1959. The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, by the merger of the 32nd ( ...

(a Territorial Army unit) from 1939 to 1943, then commanded the 2nd Battalion the

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, from July 1944, during

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. He was Aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief in India in 1924–25 and a Gentleman of HM Bodyguard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, from 1950 to 1972, and Prime Warden of the

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for 1969–70. He was appointed a Knight of the

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(KStJ) in February 1972.

Personal life

On 12 June 1928, Carew Pole married Cynthia Mary Burns (d. 1977). She was the daughter of Walter Spencer Morgan Burns (1872–1929), a nephew of

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and grandson of

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, both well-known American bankers, and Ruth Evelyn Cavendish-Bentinck (1883–1978). Through her mother, she was the granddaughter of

William George Cavendish-Bentinck William George Cavendish-Bentinck (6 March 1854 – 22 August 1909), known as George Cavendish-Bentinck, was a member of parliament for Penryn and Falmouth between 1886 and 1895, who married into the American Livingston family. Early life Caven ...

and the great-granddaughter of The Rt. Hon.

George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (9 July 1821 – 9 April 1891), known as George Bentinck and scored in cricket as GAFC Bentinck, was a British barrister, Conservative politician, and cricketer. A member of parliament from 1859 to ...

(1821–1891) and

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(d. 1896), who was the daughter of Col.

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(1769–1831). Together, they had one son and two daughters: * Elizabeth Mary Carew Pole (1929-2021), who married David Cuthbert Tudway Quilter (1921–2007), grandson of Sir Cuthbert Quilter, 1st Baronet (1841–1911) and nephew of

Sir Cuthbert Quilter, 2nd Baronet Sir William Eley Cuthbert Quilter, 2nd Baronet (17 July 1873 – 18 September 1952) was an English Conservative Party politician. Quilter was the son of the Liberal politician Sir William Quilter, 1st Baronet (1841–1911). His younger brother ...

and

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* Caroline Anne Carew Pole (1933–2018), who married Paul Asquith (1927–1984), the son of

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* Sir John Richard Walter Reginald Carew Pole, 13th Baronet (1938–2024), who married Mary Dawnay (b. 1936) In 1979, after his first wife's death in 1977, Carew Pole married Joan Fulford, the widow of Lt-Colonel Anthony Fulford.

Paintings

In 1911, as a nine-year old, he had his portrait painted by

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showing Pole as a

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for

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's coronation on 22 June 1911. In 1985, he had his portrait painted by

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, currently on loan to the National Trust, Antony.

References

External links

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