Years of service 1866–1917 Rank Admiral Name Sir Poore, Allegiance United Kingdom | Died 1930 Service/branch Royal Navy | |
Commands held HMS Hawke
HMS Illustrious
Australia Station
Nore Command Battles/wars Mahdist War
World War I Awards Order of the Bath, Royal Victorian Order, Legion of Honour, Order of the Crown of Italy | ||
Battles and wars Mahdist War, World War I | ||
Admiral Sir Richard Poore, 4th Baronet, KCB, CVO (7 July 1853 – 1930) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
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Naval career
Poore served in the Naval Brigade as part of the Perak expedition to Malaya in 1875. He also took part in the Bombardment of Alexandria in 1882 and the unsuccessful Nile Expedition to Khartoum to relieve General Gordon in 1884. He became Captain of HMS Hawke in 1897 and in that capacity was involved in operations that led to the pacification of Crete later that year. In April 1898 he was appointed in command of the battleship HMS Illustrious, also serving in the Mediterranean.
On 9 March 1900 he was appointed flag captain to the HMS Vivid, flag ship and yacht to the port admiral at Devonport, for command of the RN Barracks. In June 1901, he was appointed a Naval Aide de Camp to King Edward VII.
He became Rear Admiral for the Mediterranean and Channel Fleet in 1904 and Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station in 1908. Finally he became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1911, serving in that post into World War I. He retired in 1917.
He lived at the East End Manor in Durrington in Wiltshire.