Sir Richard Carew Pole, 13th Baronet, OBE, DL, died at his home in Cornwall, 1 December, 2024, aged 85.
Sir Richard, of Antony House, Torpoint, Cornwall, was a landowner and chartered surveyor. The Old Etonoan served as a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards, 1958-63; Assistant Surveyor, Law & Fiennes Chartered Surveyors 1967-72; Director South West Venture Capital, 1985-87; Director, the Eden Project 1999-2001; Member of the Regional Board, West of England, subsequently Portman Building Society 1989-91; Chairman, Devon and Cornwall Police Authority 1985-87 (Member 1973-89); Member: South West Area Electricity Board 1981-90; National Trust Committee for Devon & Cornwall 1979-83; President: Surf Life Saving Assoc of GB 1976-86; President Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show 1981; Member of the Council of the RHS and then President, 2001; Trustee, National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1991-2000; Trustee, Countryside Commission 1991-96; Trustee, Tate Gallery 1993-2003; Chairman, Steering Committee, Combined Univs in Cornwall (2000); Governor: Seale Hayne Agricultural College 1979-89; Governor, Plymouth College 1985-96; Member of the Board of the Theatre Royal Plymouth 1985-97; Trustee of the Eden Trust 1996-; Trustee, Trusthouse Charitable Foundation 1999-; Trustee of the Pilgrim Trust; County Councillor, Cornwall 1973-93; High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1979; DL Cornwall, 1988; Liveryman, Fishmongers' Co 1960; &c.
He was born 2 December, 1938, son of Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, 12th Baronet (1902-1993), and his 1st wife the former Cynthia Mary Burns (died 1977), descended from the Dukes of Portland.
He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father, 26 January, 1993.
He married firstly, 27September, 1966 (div. 1974) the Hon Victoria Marion Ann Lever (1945-2021), an Extra Lady in Waiting to HRH The Princess Anne, Mrs Mark Phillips from 1974, daughter of the 3rd and last Viscount Leverhulme, KG (1915-2000); and married 2ndly, in 1974, Mary Dawnay, DCVO (born 15 Apr, 1936), Lady in Waiting to HRH The Princess Anne, Princess Royal from 1970, scion of the Viscounts Downe, daughter of Lt-Col Ronald Dawnay (1908-90), and his wife Lady Elizabeth Katherine Grey (1908-41), daughter of the 5th Earl Grey.
From his second marriage Sir Richard leaves issue, two sons, Tremayne and John. The elder son, Tremayne John Carew Pole (born 22 February, 1974), succeeds as 14th baronet (created 1628).
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