Sir William Pole, 7th Baronet
Sir William Templer Pole, 7th Baronet DCL (2 August 1782 – 1 April 1847) was an English landowner. He was the son of Sir John de la Pole, 6th Baronet, and Anne Templer. He went to Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, earning an MA in 1804 and a Doctor of Civil Law in 1810. He became the 7th Baronet Pole of Shute House on his father’s death in 1799 and studied at Lincoln’s Inn in 1803. He served as High Sheriff of Devon from 1818 to 1819.
He married twice. First, on 24 August 1804, to his cousin Sophia Anne Templer, daughter of George Templer and Jane Paul. After her death, he married Charlotte Fraser on 30 August 1810, daughter of John Fraser of Fonthill Abbey. He had children from both marriages.
Sir William died on 1 April 1847 at the age of 64, and his widow Charlotte lived until 1877.
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