William Pole, 4th Baronet

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Sir William Pole, 4th Baronet (before April 17, 1678 , † December 31, 1741 ) was a British nobleman and politician who was elected nine times as a member of the House of Commons .

Origin and education

William Pole came from the Pole family, an old family of the gentry of Devon . He was baptized on April 17, 1678 as the eldest son of Sir John Pole, 3rd Baronet and his wife Anne Morice . In 1696 he studied at New College , Oxford.

Political activity

Supporters of the Tories under Wilhelm III. and Anna

Even as a young man was poles in the general election in December 1701 with the support of John and Nicholas Morice , two brothers of his mother as MP for the Borough Newport in Cornwall selected. In the House of Commons he was assigned to the Tories . In the next general election in the summer of 1702, Pole was not re-run as a candidate because the young Sir Nicholas Morice, 2nd Baronet, had come of age. In January 1704, however, Pole ran successfully in a by-election in Camelford after the previously elected Henry Manaton had accepted the election in another borough. In contrast to his father, who was also a member of parliament, on November 28, 1704, Pole supported the attempt by the Tories to defeat the Whig government because of the state finances . As a result, Pole was among the more active MPs in the House of Commons. In the general election in May 1705 he was re-elected as MP for Camelford. After his father's death in March 1708, he inherited his estate and the title of Baronet , of Shute House in the County of Devon. In the general election in May 1708, he ran again successfully as a representative of the Morice family for Newport. Given the clear majority of the Whigs in the House of Commons, he remained much more cautious politically during this legislative period. However, in July 1709 he was one of the founders of the Board of Brothers , a group of clearly conservative Tories. His uncle Nicholas Morice complained that he would not stand up for Newport at all. In the general election in 1710 he was elected as a candidate for the Tories as Knight of the Shire for Devon. In this capacity, he succeeded in getting Queen Anne to leave the grounds of Exeter Castle , which previously belonged to the Duchy of Cornwall , to the County of Devon for 99 years in February 1711 . At the end of 1711 he turned to the more moderate Tories and accepted the Protestant succession to the throne. This was rewarded in June 1712 with the office of Master of the Household , with which he left the House of Commons. Due to the acceptance of this office, a by-election had to take place, in which Pole expected to be confirmed as Knight of the Shire without much difficulty. On the other hand, however, strongly conservative circles came together, which finally had Sir William Courtenay, 2nd Baronet elected as MP. Pole, on the other hand, who had been suffering from severe gout since the beginning of 1710 at the latest , was prevented from mobilizing his supporters by a new attack of gout, so that he left the House of Commons. In the general election in 1713 Pole ran first for the Borough Honiton , where he was defeated, and then successfully for Bossiney .

Tory under George I.

Shortly after George I ascended the throne from the House of Hanover in 1714, Pole lost his office in the royal household, and in September 1715 he was replaced as justice of the peace after he had only received the office in the summer of 1714. In the general election in January 1715 Pole had not run, but in March 1716 he was elected as a member of Parliament for Honiton in a by-election. In the House of Commons he was a Tory of the opposition, and although he was not a Jacobite himself , he was considered a possible supporter of the Pretender in 1721 . In the general election in 1722 he was re-elected as a member of Parliament for Newport, but since he was able to successfully prevail against James Sheppard in Honiton , he accepted the election there. On the other hand, he lost to Sheppard in the 1727 general election in Honiton, against which he appealed. This objection was not decided until Sheppard's death in 1730. Finally, in March 1731, the House of Commons voided Sheppard's election, making Pole an elected Member of the House of Commons. In the general election in 1734 and in the following election, Pole did not run again. In his will of 1733, he urged his son and heir to never run for Honiton.

Family and offspring

Pole had married Elizabeth Warry , a daughter of Robert Warry of Shute . With her he had a son and a daughter, including:

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predecessor Office successor
John Pole Pole Baronet, of Shute House
1708–1741 		John Pole
personal data
SURNAME Pole, William, 4th Baronet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pole, Sir William, 4th Baronet (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobleman and politician, member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH before April 17, 1678
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1741