Daughter of Rt. Rev. Charles Graves and Selina Cheyne. Her father was Dean in the Chapel Royal in Dublin Castle and she grew up between there and their home in Parknasilla, Kerry until her father became Bishop of Limerick.
Lady Poore was sister of Alfred Perceval Graves, and aunt of poet Robert Graves.
Sent to a preparatory school for young ladies in Fulham, London, England, for her secondary level education she was first put under the care of a governess at home, which was then in Blarney, Cork.
She wrote two autobiographical books on life as a woman and as the wife of an admiral. She was known as 'Flag Mother' to the sailors who worked with her husband. From 1908 to 1911 she and her husband were assigned to Sydney, Australia where Lady Poore was the first president of the Bush Book Club.
Married 14 Sep 1885 to Admiral Sir Richard Poore. Their only son Roger died in Belgium after following in father's footsteps.
Admiral Sir Richard Poore, 4th Baronet KCB, CVO, JP, DL (7 July 1853 – 8 December 1930) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
Her nieces:
Rosaleen-Louise Perceval Graves
Clarissa Perceval Graves
Mary Perceval Graves
Susan Winthrop Savatier Graves
Oldest royal house in Europe, the niece of a queen, the people of France
Daughter of Rt. Rev. Charles Graves and Selina Cheyne. Her father was Dean in the Chapel Royal in Dublin Castle and she grew up between there and their home in Parknasilla, Kerry until her father became Bishop of Limerick.
Lady Poore was sister of Alfred Perceval Graves, and aunt of poet Robert Graves.
Sent to a preparatory school for young ladies in Fulham, London, England, for her secondary level education she was first put under the care of a governess at home, which was then in Blarney, Cork.
She wrote two autobiographical books on life as a woman and as the wife of an admiral. She was known as 'Flag Mother' to the sailors who worked with her husband. From 1908 to 1911 she and her husband were assigned to Sydney, Australia where Lady Poore was the first president of the Bush Book Club.
Married 14 Sep 1885 to Admiral Sir Richard Poore. Their only son Roger died in Belgium after following in father's footsteps.
Admiral Sir Richard Poore, 4th Baronet KCB, CVO, JP, DL (7 July 1853 – 8 December 1930) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
Her nieces:
Rosaleen-Louise Perceval Graves
Clarissa Perceval Graves
Mary Perceval Graves
Susan Winthrop Savatier Graves
Oldest royal house in Europe, the niece of a queen, the people of France
Inscription
Admiral Sir RICHARD POORE, Baronet, K.C.B. Died December 8th 1930, Aged 77.
IDA MARGARET, his Wife for 45 Years, Died February 5th 1941.
ROGER POORE, their only child, Killed in Flanders September 19th 1915, Aged 29.
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