Background
Poole, John was born on May 17, 1875 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Nathan Algernon and Lillian Agnes (DeCamp) Poole.
Poole, John was born on May 17, 1875 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Nathan Algernon and Lillian Agnes (DeCamp) Poole.
Educated commercial college and American Institute of Banking, Washington, District of Columbia.
Arbuthnot served in the Scots Guards, reaching the rank of Major. In 1900 and 1901, he fought in the Second Boer War, and later in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches. He was also a merchant banker.
As a journalist on the Daily Express, in 1917 he founded and was author to its By the Way column, writing it pseudonymously as 'Beachcomber', before he was promoted to deputy editor and passed the role to D. B. Wyndham-Lewis in 1919. They had six children:
Irene Joan Grace Arbuthnot (25 April 1904 - Youghal, County Cork, 17 March 1997), explorer and author known as Joan Arbuthnot, wrote the book More Profit Than Gold, published in 1935
- 1975), daughter of Francis Chiappini and widow second wife on 20 April 1929 of Percy Seymour Douglas-Hamilton (2 October 1875 - 6 February 1940), without issue
Group Captain Terence John Arbuthnot (8 October 1906 - Kensington, London, 31 December 1995), married on 20 April 1937 Karin Gunborg Sundgren, daughter of Carl Adolph Sundgren
Commander Bernard Kieran Charles Arbuthnot (8 November 1909 - 14 September 1975), married on 15 April 1939 Rosemary Harold Thompson, daughter of Lt.-Col. Harold Thompson
Major Richard Henry Myles Arbuthnot (17 August 1911 - killed on active service, Italy, 16 October 1943), married on 28 April 1939 Marjorie Helen Miller, daughter of Ralph Miller.
Member Reeves, Poole & Company, 1898-1900. Member Federal Advisory Council, representing Fifth Federal Reserve District, 1929-1931. Member board directors Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Сompany Chairman Liberty Loan Committee, Washington, 5 campaigns.
Mason (32 degree, Shriner), Odd. Clubs: Rotary (ex-president), Columbia Country.
Married Frances Barber, July 12, 1921. Children: Marjorie Ann, (by previous marriage) John L., Nathan and Thomas S. Clerk and cashier United States Express Company.