{{Short description|British Army general}} {{For|the town in England|Poole}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = General | name = Poole England | image = | caption = | birth_date = 1788 | death_date = {{death date and age|1884|11|21|1788|01|01|df=y}} | burial_label = | burial_place = | birth_place = New Jersey, United States | death_place = Dover, United Kingdom | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = British Army | service_years = 1805–1884 | rank = General | unit = Royal Artillery | commands = | battles = {{Tree list}} *Napoleonic Wars **Hanover Expedition **British invasions of the River Plate **Peninsular War ***Battle of Vitoria ***Siege of San Sebastián {{tree list/end}} | awards = Military General Service Medal | relations = | other_work = }} General '''Poole Vallancey England''' (1788 – 6 November 1884) was Master Gunner, St James's Park, the most senior ceremonial position in the Royal Artillery after the Sovereign.
==Military career== England was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1805.<ref name=richard>[http://www.antonymaitland.com/richardenglandweb.htm Richard England Archive]</ref> He served with the British Army Garrison in Malta from 1824 to 1826<ref>[http://website.lineone.net/~aldosliema/britisharmy1.htm British Garrison in Malta]</ref> and rose through the officer ranks to become a Lieutenant-General in 1866.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23103|page=2464|date=17 April 1866}}</ref>
He was made Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery in 1866.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23081|page=1702|date=9 March 1866}}</ref> He was promoted to full General in 1873<ref name=richard/> and retired in 1877,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24508|page=5456|date=2 October 1877}}</ref> and then held the position of Master Gunner, St James's Park from 1880.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/art-eng-sig/RA.htm |title=Royal Artillery at Regiments.org |accessdate=2010-10-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112133926/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/art-eng-sig/RA.htm |archivedate=12 January 2008 }}</ref>
England died at his home at 41 Marine Parade in Dover on 21 November 1884.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25416|page=5034|date=21 November 1884}}</ref>
==Family== He married Mary Lutwyche and together they went on to have a son and two daughters.<ref name=richard/>
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{{s-start}} {{s-hon}} {{succession box | title=Master Gunner, St James's Park | before=Sir John Bloomfield | after=Sir John St. George | years=1880–1884}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:England, Poole}} Category:1788 births Category:1884 deaths Category:British Army generals Category:Royal Artillery officers Category:Military personnel from New Jersey