Ernest Pooley
Sir Ernest Henry Pooley, 1st Baronet GCVO (20 November 1876 – 13 February 1966), was a British arts administrator.
Pooley was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was knighted in 1932[1] and made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1943.[2] 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.[3] He was further honoured when he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 1956.[4] He published The Guilds Of The City Of London in 1947. Pooley died in February 1966, aged 89, when the baronetcy became extinct.
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33838. p. 4112. 24 June 1932.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 36309. p. 7. 31 December 1943.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 39777. p. 906. 13 February 1953.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 40960. p. 5. 28 December 1956.
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| Preceded by The Lord Keynes |
Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain 1946–1953 |
Succeeded by Kenneth Clark |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Westbrook House) 1953–1966 |
Extinct |
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