Edmund Poë

Poë was born on September 11, 1849, in Ireland. His father was William Thomas Poe, a barrister. One of his older brothers was the soldier and politician Sir William Hutcheson Poë. Another older brother, George Leslie Poë, became a Royal Navy Captain.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Captain Poë RN|date=1934-05-10|page=19 |issue=46750 |column= }}

Educated at the Burney's Royal Naval Academy, Gosport, Poë joined the Royal Navy in 1862.[http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/viewspecialcollections/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=64073 Medals], Dix Noonan Webb. In April 1864, he was appointed to HMS Bombay as a midshipman,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=1864-04-07|page=14 |issue=24840 |column= }} and was serving on board when the ship caught fire and sank off Montevideo in December 1864 with the loss of 92 crew.{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1158346242 |title=Who Was Who. Vol.2, 1916-28. |date=1992 |publisher=Black |isbn=0-7136-3143-0 |edition=5 |location= |pages=654 |oclc=1158346242}}

In May 1875, while serving as a lieutenant on HMS Newcastle, Poë jumped overboard to rescue a man who had fallen into the sea. For this he was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society; he rescued another man who'd fallen into the sea in October 1876.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Death Of Admiral Sir E. Poë|date=1921-04-07|page=14 |issue=42688 |column= }}

He was made Naval Advisor to the Inspector-General of Fortifications in 1889 and Commander of the Training Squadron in 1897.

Promoted to Commodore 2nd Class by 1899 he commanded the Cruiser Squadron until 1900. File:H.M.S. Hyacinth CKS 2019.jpg, Poë inset]]In September 1901 he was promoted to Rear-Admiral.{{London Gazette |issue=27359 |date=27 September 1901 |page=6292 }} He went on to be Second in command of the Home Fleet in 1903 and Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron in 1904. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1905, Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station in 1907 and Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1910. Finally was appointed First and Principal Aide-de-Camp to the King in 1912 and retired on September 11, 1914.

In 1877, he married Frances Catherine Sheil.[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=700118852536&lds=1®ion=2®ionfriendly=British+Isles&frompage=99 Family Search] They had two sons and a daughter.

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