William Pole-Carew

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William Henry Pole-Carew (born July 30, 1811 in London , † January 20, 1888 in Cannes ) was a British politician who was elected twice as a member of the House of Commons .

Origin, heritage and political activity

William Pole-Carew came from the British family Pole Carew , a distinguished family of the gentry of Cornwall . He was the eldest child from his father Reginald Pole-Carew's third marriage to Caroline Lyttelton. He attended Charterhouse School and then studied at Oriel College , Oxford, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1833 . After his father's death in 1835, his older brother Joseph Pole-Carew inherited the family estate of Antony House and the family's lands. In a by-election in the constituency of Eastern Cornwall , William Pole-Carew was elected as a candidate for the Conservative Party as a member of the House of Commons in 1845 . He was re-elected in the 1847 general election, but failed in the 1852 general election, as well as in the 1859 general election as a candidate for the constituency of Liskeard . Joseph Pole-Carew died in 1852 without male heirs, so William Pole-Carew inherited Antony House and the family's estates. He served as Deputy Lieutenant , Justice of the Peace and in 1854 as High Sheriff of Cornwall. From 1857 to 1886, he was recorder of East Looe .

The SS Philip and James Church at Antony, built by William Pole-Carew

Promoter of Anglo-Catholicism

Pole-Carew was a staunch supporter of the Oxford Movement , which founded Anglo Catholicism . In Antony , where his family had the right of patronage , he installed a priest of the movement. From 1848 Pole-Carew was a member of the Canterbury Association , a religiously motivated society that sought to establish a colony in New Zealand. In 1866 he had the church SS Philip and James built in the nearby village of Maryfield , where he had a schoolhouse built in 1847 . He had Antony House expanded with a simple extension and a vestibule.

Family and offspring

Pole-Carew had married Frances Anne Buller, daughter of John Buller from Morval , on August 28, 1838 . He had the following children with her:

  • Geraldine Maria Pole-Carew (1847–1886)
  • Sir Reginald Pole-Carew (1849-1924)
  • Charles Edward Pole-Carew (1853-1938)
  • William Lyttleton Pole-Carew (1856–1861)
  • Gerald Pole-Carew (1858-1922)
  • Henry Pole-Carew

Pole-Carew was buried in Antony. His heir became his eldest son, Reginald Pole-Carew .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bain, Rev. Michael: The Canterbury Association (1848-1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury, 2007, p. 69. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  2. ^ Bain, Rev. Michael: The Canterbury Association (1848-1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury, 2007, p. 69. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  3. ^ The National Trust: Antony, Cornwall . The National Trust 2010. ISBN 978-1-84359-015-6 , p. 37
personal data
SURNAME Pole-Carew, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pole-Carew, William Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1888
Place of death Cannes