Background
Pole, John Richard Carew was born on December 2, 1938 in Antony, Cornwall, England. Son of John Gawen and Cynthia Mary (Burns) C.Pole.
farmer County government representative
Pole, John Richard Carew was born on December 2, 1938 in Antony, Cornwall, England. Son of John Gawen and Cynthia Mary (Burns) C.Pole.
Graduate, Eton College, 1956; chartered surveyor, Royal Agricultural College, 1967.
Chartered surveyor, Laws & Fiennes, Oxford, England, 1967-1973; county councillor, Cornwall County Council, 1973-1993; chairman planning committee, Cornwall County Council, 1979-1983; chairman finance committee, Cornwall County Council, 1985-1989; chairman property committee, Cornwall County Council, 1989-1993; high sheriff, Cornwall County, 1979; deputy Lieutenant, Cornwall County, since 1988.
Trustee National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1991-2000, Tate Gallery, London, since 1993, Pilgrim Trust, since 2000, Trust House Foundation, since 1998. Commissioner Countryside Commission, Cheltenham, England, 1991-1996. Lieutenant Coldstream Guards, 1958-1963.
Member Fishmongers Company (court), Royal Horticultural Society (council since 1999, president since 2001).
Married Victoria Marion Anne Lever, September 26, 1966 (divorced 1973). Married Mary Dawnay, 1974. Children: John Tremayne, John Alexander George.