Reginald Chandos-Pole


Reginald Walkelyne Chandos-Pole JP was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire.

Early life

Chandos-Pole was born at Dalbury Lees, South Derbyshire, Derbyshire on 4 February 1853. He was the eldest son of Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole, and Lady Anna Caroline Stanhope. Among his ten siblings were Carolina Chandos-Pole, and Alianore Chandos-Pole.
His paternal grandparents were Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole and Anna Maria Wilmot. His paternal uncle, Henry Chandos Pole Gell, took the arms and additional surname "Gell" when he succeeded to the estate at Hopton Hall. His aunt, Charlotte Chandos-Pole, married Hon. John Yarde-Buller, and other aunt, Eleanor Chandos-Pole, married Vice-Admiral Henry Bagot. His maternal grandparents were Leicester Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington and the former Elizabeth Williams Green.
He was educated at Eton College from 1862 to 1869, where he played cricket.

Career

In 1871, he joined the Grenadier Guards before retiring in 1878. He then served as Honorary Colonel of the Derbyshire Yeomanry.
He was a Justice of the Peace for Derbyshire. Upon his father's death in 1873, he inherited the family property of Radbourne Hall. Like his father and grandfather before him, he served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1905.

Personal life

On 7 March 1882 Chandos-Pole married Violet Katharine Beckett-Denison, a daughter of William Beckett-Denison and Hon. Helen Duncombe. Before her death on 18 March 1883 at age 22, they were the parents of:
After her death in 1883, he married Inez Blanche Marie Clothilde Eva Arent, younger daughter of Gen. Alfred Arent, former commanding general of the 11th Brandenburg Uhlans, on 26 October 1898. She was a friend of Dame Edith Sitwell. Together, they were the parents of two children:
Chandos-Pole died at Radbourne Hall, Derby, Derbyshire on 20 October 1930, and was buried at St Andrews Churchyard in Radbourne.