Poore baronets

The Poore Baronetcy, of Rushall in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.[1] It was created on 8 July 1795 for John Methuen Poore, with remainder, failing heirs male of his own, to his brother Edward Poore and the heirs male of his body.[2]

Arms of Poore baronets: Argent a fess azure between three mullets gules

Until 1838, the family seat was the manor of Rushall, Wiltshire.[3]

Poore baronets, of Rushall (1795)
  • Sir John Methuen Poore, 1st Baronet (1745–1820)
  • Sir Edward Poore, 2nd Baronet (1795–1838)
  • Sir Edward Poore, 3rd Baronet (1826–1893)
  • Sir Richard Poore, 4th Baronet (1853–1930)
  • Sir Edward Poore, 5th Baronet (1894–1938)
  • Sir Herbert Edward Poore, 6th Baronet (1930–2004)
  • Sir Roger Ricardo Poore, 7th Baronet (born 1930)

The fifth baronet settled in Argentina.[2]

References
  1. "No. 13789". The London Gazette. 20 June 1795. p. 646.
  2. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 3172–3174. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  3. Baggs, A. P.; Crowley, D. A.; Pugh, Ralph B.; Stevenson, Janet H.; Tomlinson, Margaret (1975). "Parishes: Rushall". In Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.). A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 10. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 136–146. Retrieved 16 December 2021 – via British History Online.
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