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{{Short description|Irish politician (1848–1934)}}
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| name = Hutcheson Poë
| image = File:William Hutcheson Poe.jpg
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| office = [[Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)|Senator]]
| term_start = 11 December 1922
| term_end = 9 December 1924
| birth_name = William Hutcheson Poë
| birth_date = {{birth date|1848|9|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Donaghadee]], [[County Down]], Ireland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1934|11|30|1848|9|20|df=y}}
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| party = {{ubl|[[Independent
| spouse = {{marriage|Mary Adelaide Domvile|1886}}
| children =
| education = [[Burney's Academy|Royal Naval Academy, Gosport]]
| alma_mater =
| allegiance = [[Royal Marines]]
| rank = [[Lieutenant colonel]]
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|motto = Malo Mori Quam Foedari (Death rather than dishonour)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heraldryonline.wordpress.com/2019/09/04/grant-of-arms-sir-william-hutcheson-poe-bt-1928/ |title=Grant of Arms: Sir William Hutcheson Poë Bt 1928 |date=4 September 2019 |publisher=Heraldry Online |access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>
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'''Sir William Hutcheson Poë, 1st Baronet''' (20 September 1848 – 30 November 1934) was an Irish soldier and politician.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsP2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501224950/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsP2.htm
==Early life==
He was born the younger son of William T. Poë in [[Donaghadee]], [[County Down]].<ref name=DUB>{{cite web|url=http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/viewPerson/1419|title=William Hutcheson Poë|work=Dictionary of Ulster Biography|access-date=29 March 2013}}</ref>
==Military career==
William Poë joined the [[Royal Marines]] in 1867.<ref name=seanad100>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/visit-and-learn/centenaries/seanad100/members-of-the-first-seanad/members-of-the-first-seanad-biographies/#Poe |title=Members of the First Seanad: Biographies – Poë, Sir Hutcheson|work=Houses of the Oireachtas|access-date=5 January 2024}}</ref> From 1878 to 1881 he commanded the Royal Marine detachment on [[Ascension Island]]. He served in the [[Mahdist War]] with the rank of major in 1884 and was wounded at the [[First and Second Battles of El Teb|Second Battle of El Teb]] on February 29 1884.<ref name="Times-Obit">{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Lieut.-Colonel Sir Hutcheson Poë|date=1934-12-01|page=17 |issue=46926 |column= }}</ref> He commanding a unit of the Egyptian Camel Corps in the Relief of Khartoum in 1885. However he was hit in the thigh by a bullet at the Battle of Metammeh on the 19th January, requiring the leg to be amputated<ref>{{Cite book |last=Archer |first=Thomas |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/316346095 |title=The war in Egypt and the Soudan: an episode in the history of the British Empire, etc. [With illustrations.] |year=1886 |pages=77 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Gleichen |first=Edward |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/186903671 |title=With the camel corps up the Nile |publisher=Chapman and Hall |year=1888 |edition=2 |location=London |pages=195 |language=en|authorlink=Lord Edward Gleichen}}</ref> Subsequently he served in the [[Naval Intelligence Department (United Kingdom)|Naval Intelligence Department]] and was prompted to lieutenant-colonel.<ref name="Times-Obit" /> He retired from the Royal Marines in 1888.<ref name=Kelly>{{cite book|title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|year=1916}}</ref>
==Later career==
He was an [[Independent politicians in Ireland|independent]] member of [[Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)|Seanad Éireann]] from 1922 to 1924.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/William-Hutcheson-Po%C3%AB.S.1922-06-12/|title=William Hutcheson Poë|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=29 March 2013}}</ref> He was nominated to the Seanad by the [[President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|President of the Executive Council]] in 1922 for 12 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/1922/12/06/00010.asp|title=President's nominees for Seanad|publisher=Houses of the Oireachtas|date=6 December 1922|access-date=29 March 2013}}</ref> He resigned from the Seanad on 9 December 1924, on age and health grounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie/debates%20authoring/debateswebpack.nsf/takes/seanad1924120900003?opendocument|title=Resignation of a Senator|publisher=Houses of the Oireachtas|date=9 December 1924|access-date=29 March 2013}}</ref> [[Douglas Hyde]] was elected at a by-election to replace him.▼
After leaving military service, Poë settled in Ireland, living at [[Heywood House Gardens|Heywood House]], [[Ballinakill]]. In Ireland, he owned 10,000 acres of land in [[County Tyrone]] and 1,500 acres in [[County Laois|Queen's County]].<ref name="Times-Obit" />
He was a [[Justice of the Peace]] and [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for Queen's County and was appointed [[High Sheriff of Queen's County]] for 1891 and [[High Sheriff of Tyrone]] for 1893.<ref name=Kelly/> In the [[1895 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1895 general election]] he stood as the [[Irish Unionist Alliance]] candidate for the [[Queen's County Ossory (UK Parliament constituency)|Queen's County Ossory division]],<ref name="Times-Obit" /> but lost badly to the incumbent, [[Eugene Crean]]. He was a member of the [[Land Conference]] in 1902. In 1906, the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] made him a member of a commission to report on the state of [[Rail transport in Ireland|Irish railways]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sotter |first=Clarles |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/1333593141 |title=First report of the Vice-Regal Commission on Irish Railways |publisher=HMSO |year=1907 |language=en |oclc=1333593141|page=45}}</ref> He was created a baronet on 2 July 1912.
He married Mary Adelaide Domvile, only surviving daughter of [[Domvile baronets (1815 creation)|Sir William Compton Domvile, 3rd Baronet]]. He was succeeded by his son Hugo, the 2nd and last Baronet.<ref name=Kelly/>▼
During [[World War I]], he served in Egypt from 1915 to 1916; from 1916 to 1919 he served was with the Red Cross in France.<ref name=DUB/> After the war, he was the [[Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County]] from 1920 to 1922.
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==Interests==
During his lifetime, Poë collected art. One of the works he owned, a portrait of John Musters by [[Sir Joshua Reynolds]], is now in the collection of the United States [[National Gallery of Art]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=c. 1780 |title=John Musters |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46088.html |access-date=2023-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=National Gallery of Art |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22509257 |title=British paintings of the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries |date=1992 |publisher=National Gallery of Art |isbn=0-521-41066-5 |location=Washington, D.C. |page=215|oclc=22509257}}</ref> In 1904, Poë became a governor of the [[National Gallery of Ireland]].<ref name="Times-Obit" /> In 1931, he donated a 1690s painting by [[Jan Weenix]] to the gallery.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47355308 |title=The National Gallery of Ireland : essential guide. |date=2002 |publisher=Scala Publishers |isbn=1-85759-267-0 |location=London |pages=190 |oclc=47355308}}</ref>
One of Poë's recreations was [[Driven grouse shooting|grouse shooting]], though he was obliged to do this while seated on a pony due to the loss of his leg.<ref name="Times-1934-12-05">{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Sir Hutcheson Poë|date=1934-12-05|page=19 |issue=46929 |column= }}</ref>
==Family==
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==Legacy==
In 1906, Poë commissioned [[Edwin Lutyens]] and [[Gertrude Jekyll]] to develop the gardens around his seat, Heywood House. The house was destroyed by fire in the 1950s, but the gardens still exist. They have been described as "one of the most beautiful formal gardens in Ireland".<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25769860 |title=Irish arts review yearbook, 1991-1992. |publisher=Eton Enterprises |year=1991 |isbn=0-9513722-4-6 |location=Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin |pages=95 |language=en |oclc=25769860}}</ref>
==See also==
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