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A N T O N Y H O U S E
C O R N W A L L , E N G L A N D
S i r J o h n C a r e w - P o l e , B a r t , D . S . O .
The late Sir John Carew-Pole, 12th Baronet, began his career as ADC to the
Commander-in-Chief in India and then as Comptroller to the Earl of Clarendon,
Governor General of the Union of South Africa. After a long life of
soldiering and public duties, Sir John became High Sheriff and then Lord
Lieutenant, Queen’s representative, for his country. Another forebear was
Master of the Household to Queen Anne, so the building of Antony,
the most ideal early 18th century house in the realm, was perhaps
a natural. The family portraits show a remarkable chain of succession to this day,
but furnishings are exquisitely and completely Queen Anne and George I, of the
finest walnut in the most perfect state of preservation. This Collection was well
cared for since Sir John married the granddaughter of the American Pierpont
Morgans, a family famous for its appreciation and conservation of great artifacts.
