Ernest Pooley

Deceased Person

1876 – 1966

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Who was Ernest Pooley?

Sir Ernest Henry Pooley, 1st Baronet GCVO, was a British arts administrator.

Pooley was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was knighted in 1932 and made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1943. From 1946 to 1953 he was Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain. He was created a baronet, of Westbrook House in the Parish of Tillington in the County of Sussex, in January 1953. He was further honoured when he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1956. He published The Guilds Of The City Of London in 1947. Pooley died in February 1966, aged 89, when the baronetcy became extinct.

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Born
Nov 20, 1876
Also known as
  • Sir Ernest Pooley, 1st Baronet
  • Sir Ernest Henry Pooley, 1st Baronet
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Died
Feb 13, 1966

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on July 23, 2013

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