Sir Richard Carew Pole, 13th Baronet
Sir John Richard Walter Reginald Carew Pole, 13th Baronet, OBE, DL is the present holder of the Pole baronetcy, granted to his ancestor by King Charles I in 1628. He lives at Antony House in Cornwall. He succeeded his father, Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, 12th Baronet, in 1993.Public service
Sir Richard is a Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Cornwall, an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, a Trustee of the Tate Gallery, the Pilgrim Trust, and the Eden Project, a Governor of Gresham's School, Holt, and President of the Cornwall Gardens Trust.
He was High Sheriff of Cornwall for 1978 and is a past Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers and a past president of the Royal Horticultural Society, from which he received the Victoria Medal of Honour in 2007.
His wife, Mary Dawnay, is a Lady-in-Waiting to Anne, Princess Royal and past President of the Royal Cornwall Show.
