Sir Edward Poole was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  at various times between 1640 and 1673.

Poole was the eldest son of Sir Neville Poole

Neville Poole

Sir Neville Poole was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War....

 of Kemble and his first wife Frances Poole, daughter of Sir Henry Poole of Saperton, Gloucestershire. He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 8 May 1635, aged 18. He entered Lincoln's Inn

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 in 1636.

In November 1640, Poole was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Wootton Bassett

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 in the Long Parliament

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. He was a commissioner for sequestration for Wiltshire in 1643 and a commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire from 1643 to 1648 In 1647 he became commissioner for appeals for Oxford University and in 1648 commissioner for militia in Wiltshire. He was excluded from parliament in 1648 under Pride's Purge

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In 1659, Poole was elected MP for Cricklade

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 in the Third Protectorate Parliament

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. He was a commissioner for militia in March 1660 and became lieutenant-colonel of the Militia in April 1660. He also became a J.P.

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 for Wiltshire in March 1660. In April 1660, he was elected MP for Chippenham

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  for the Convention Parliament. He was knighted by 9 July 1660. He was a commissioner for assessment from August 1660 until his death and colonel of horse from 1661 to his death. He inherited the family estates of Oaksey or Oxsey, Wiltshire from his father in 1661. In 1668 he was elected MP for Malmesbury

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 in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament

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. He became a Deputy Lieutenant

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 in 1668. He died during the summer recess in 1673.

Poole married Dorothy Pye, daughter of Sir Robert Pye

Robert Pye (elder)

Sir Robert Pye was an English courtier, administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....

of Faringdon, Berkshire after a settlement on 29 May 1638. They had four sons and a daughter.