{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''George Edward Pole'''<ref>{{cite web |title=England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2021 |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/1920325:60630?tid=&pid=&queryId=ec6bb7f6fd759b0da7c1416cef51f055&_phsrc=ltK3798&_phstart=successSource |website=Ancestry |access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref> (died 7 September 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Cllr George Pole |url=https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/committees/Document.ashx?czJKcaeAi5tUFL1DTL2UE4zNRBcoShgo=Qrj%2Fe%2F9Jr0lxMwsqPehm0YX7qyC8oIb1VggXEnk7Pm6Pi4klAhiTaA%3D%3D&rUzwRPf%2BZ3zd4E7Ikn8Lyw%3D%3D=pwRE6AGJFLDNlh225F5QMaQWCtPHwdhUfCZ%2FLUQzgA2uL5jNRG4jdQ%3D%3D&mCTIbCubSFfXsDGW9IXnlg%3D%3D=hFflUdN3100%3D&kCx1AnS9%2FpWZQ40DXFvdEw%3D%3D=hFflUdN3100%3D&uJovDxwdjMPoYv%2BAJvYtyA%3D%3D=ctNJFf55vVA%3D&FgPlIEJYlotS%2BYGoBi5olA%3D%3D=NHdURQburHA%3D&d9Qjj0ag1Pd993jsyOJqFvmyB7X0CSQK=ctNJFf55vVA%3D&WGewmoAfeNR9xqBux0r1Q8Za60lavYmz=ctNJFf55vVA%3D&WGewmoAfeNQ16B2MHuCpMRKZMwaG1PaO=ctNJFf55vVA%3D |website=Royal Borough of Kensington Council |access-date=22 November 2022 |archive-date=22 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122184242/https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/committees/Document.ashx?czJKcaeAi5tUFL1DTL2UE4zNRBcoShgo=Qrj/e/9Jr0lxMwsqPehm0YX7qyC8oIb1VggXEnk7Pm6Pi4klAhiTaA==&rUzwRPf+Z3zd4E7Ikn8Lyw===pwRE6AGJFLDNlh225F5QMaQWCtPHwdhUfCZ/LUQzgA2uL5jNRG4jdQ==&mCTIbCubSFfXsDGW9IXnlg===hFflUdN3100=&kCx1AnS9/pWZQ40DXFvdEw===hFflUdN3100=&uJovDxwdjMPoYv+AJvYtyA===ctNJFf55vVA=&FgPlIEJYlotS+YGoBi5olA===NHdURQburHA=&d9Qjj0ag1Pd993jsyOJqFvmyB7X0CSQK=ctNJFf55vVA=&WGewmoAfeNR9xqBux0r1Q8Za60lavYmz=ctNJFf55vVA=&WGewmoAfeNQ16B2MHuCpMRKZMwaG1PaO=ctNJFf55vVA= |url-status=dead }}</ref> was a British Conservative Party member and activist, and an early member (pre-1966) of the Conservative Monday Club, of which he served as National Chairman, 1970–2.<ref>Copping, Robert, ''The Story of The Monday Club - The First Decade'', Current Affairs Information Service, London, April 1972, (P/B)</ref>
At the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool in 1970, he submitted on behalf of the London South Kensington Conservative Party Constituency Association, the following motion: "That this conference calls for immediate withdrawal of sanctions against Rhodesia and supports Her Majesty's Government in negotiating with the Rhodesian regime to normalise relations".<ref>Copping, Robert, ''The Story of The Monday Club - The First Decade'', Current Affairs Information Service, London, April 1972, (P/B)</ref>
In January 1971, Pole, as Chairman, led a delegation of fifteen members of the Monday Club to South Africa, and Rhodesia where they were cordially received and treated to a reception at the home of Ian Douglas Smith the Prime Minister. In January 1973, Pole led a further delegation of twelve Monday Club members on a fact-finding tour of Ulster, visiting the main towns and border areas, and interviewing officials.<ref>Copping, Robert, ''The Monday Club - Crisis and After'', CAIS, May 1975, (P/B)</ref>
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