Baron Poole, of Aldgate in the City of London, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1958 for the businessman and Conservative

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 politician Oliver Poole

Oliver Poole, 1st Baron Poole

Oliver Brian Sanderson Poole, 1st Baron Poole CBE, TD, PC , was a British Conservative politician, soldier and businessman.Poole was the eldest son of Donald Louis Poole, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford...

. He had previously served as Member of Parliament

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 for Oswestry

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 and as Chairman of the Conservative Party

Chairman of the Conservative Party

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. the title is held by his son, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1993.

Barons Poole (1958)

• Oliver Brian Sanderson Poole, 1st Baron Poole
  Oliver Poole, 1st Baron Poole
  Oliver Brian Sanderson Poole, 1st Baron Poole CBE, TD, PC , was a British Conservative politician, soldier and businessman.Poole was the eldest son of Donald Louis Poole, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford...
  
   (1911–1993)
• David Charles Poole, 2nd Baron Poole (b. 1945)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son Hon. Oliver John Poole (b. 1972)