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Skeffington Poole (1803–76)

Soldier. Entered the East India Company’s service in 1820. Served in the first regiment light cavalry of the Bombay Military Establishment. Lieutenant, 1824; captain, 1834; major, 1841; lieutenant-colonel, 1850. Retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1850.

Sources

BMD (Death index)

Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/804/88/29)

India list 1853

London, England, Church of England baptisms, marriages and burials, 1538–1812 (Ancestry.com, accessed 10 October 2017)