Admiral Sir Richard Poore, 4th Baronet KCB, CVO, JP, DL (7 July 1853 – 8 December 1930)[1] was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.[2]
Naval career
Poore served in the Naval Brigade as part of the Perak expedition to Malaya in 1875.[3] He also took part in the Bombardment of Alexandria in 1882[3] and the unsuccessful Nile Expedition to Khartoum to relieve General Gordon in 1884.[3] He became captain of HMS Hawke in 1897 and in that capacity was involved in operations that led to the pacification of Crete later that year.[4] In April 1898 he was appointed in command of the battleship HMS Illustrious, also serving in the Mediterranean.[5]
On 9 March 1900 he was appointed flag captain to HMS Vivid, flagship and yacht to the port admiral at Devonport, for command of the RN Barracks.[6] In June 1901, he was appointed a Naval Aide de Camp to King Edward VII.[7] He transferred to a more operative command in December 1902, when he was appointed Captain of the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Jupiter, serving in the Channel Fleet.[8]
He became Rear Admiral for the Mediterranean and Channel Fleet in 1904 and Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station in 1908.[3] Finally he became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1911, serving in that post into World War I.[3] He retired in 1917.[3] On 19 July 1920, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Wiltshire.[9]
Personal life
In 1885, he married Ida Margaret Graves, daughter of Rt Rev Charles Graves, sister of Alfred Perceval Graves, and aunt of poet Robert Graves. They had one son:[2]
- Sub.-Lt. Robert Poore RN (27 June 1886 – † 19 September 1915)
He lived at the East End Manor in Durrington in Wiltshire.[13]
He died in Vevey, Switzerland, in 1930. After his death, the baronetcy was inherited by his nephew Edward Poore (1894–1938), son of his younger brother, Herbert.[2] His wife died in Switzerland on 5 February 1941.[14] She was the author of a number of books.[15][16]
United Kingdom
Royal Navy