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Poore, Maj Robert (1834-1918)

Catalogue reference: Poore R

What’s it about?

This record is about the Poore, Maj Robert (1834-1918) dating from 1887-1924.

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Full description and record details

Reference

Poore R

Title

Poore, Maj Robert (1834-1918)

Date

1887-1924

Description

Papers relating to his life and career, 1887-1924, comprising published pamphlets and articles relating to his establishment of a freehold colony at Winterslow, Wiltshire, [1892], dated 1887, 1891, 1893, 1894, [1912], 1924; correspondence relating to his candidature for a seat on Wiltshire County Council, 1888; photograph of portrait of Poore by T Binney Gibbs, 1912.

Mainly English, but one item in French

Related material

<span class="wrapper"><p>The Centre also holds the papers of his sons, Philip Poore, Lt Col Roger Alvin Poore and Brig Gen Robert Montagu Poore.</p> <p>Additional papers relating to Maj Robert Poore can be found at the National Army Museum (Ref: 7509-60, 61) and Wiltshire County Record Office.</p> <p>Papers of Maj Robert Poore and Brig Gen Robert Montagu Poore held at the National Army Museum</p> <p>NAM Ref</p> <p>7509-60,61 1854 Jun - 1858 Dec Letters from RP to his parents from the Crimea and from India during the Mutiny. Bound MS &amp; TS.</p> <p>7404-44-1 1896 Jun - Oct Journal kept by RMP during the suppression of the Matabele uprising, Rhodesia.</p> <p>7404-44-2 1911 Apr 'The Cavalry Sword' by RMP. The Cavalry Journal, vol 6.</p> <p>7404-44-3 c 1920 'A Great Cricketer: Col RM Poore, DSO' by Maj GH Badcock. Fry's Magazine.</p> <p>7404-44-4 c 1935 Account of the polo victory of 7 Hussars over the Royal Scots Greys. Cutting.</p></span>

Held by
King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Language

English, French

Creator(s)
<persname>Poore, Robert, 1834-1918, Major</persname>
Physical description

1 file

Restrictions on use

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the College Archivist.

Access conditions

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Immediate source of acquisition

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1988.

Unpublished finding aids
<p>Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.</p>
Administrative / biographical background

Born in 1834; served in 8 Hussars in the Crimean War, 1853-1856, and in India, [1857]; County Councillor, Whiteparish division, Wiltshire County Council, [1891 - 1894]; established freehold colony at Winterslow, Wiltshire, [1892]; died in 1918.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/56b0992b-578f-4c1e-8efb-0e4a65ed69b8/

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Poore, Maj Robert (1834-1918)