A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Poore, John
POORE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 31.)
John Poore is brother of Retired Commander Wm. Poore, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 May, 1808, as Fst.-cl Vol., on board the Fisgard 38, Capts. Wm. Bolton and Fras. Mason; under the latter of whom we find him performing the duties of Midshipman in the attack of 1809 upon Flushing, and otherwise actively employed until Aug. 1810. During the four following years he served uninterruptedly in the Ville de Paris 110, and Rodney and Milford 74’s, all flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle on the Mediterranean station; where, in the Adriatic portion of it, he co-operated in the reduction of Fiumé, witnessed the fall of Rovigno, Piran, and Capo d’Istria, and assisted at the capture of Trieste. From Sept. 1814 to Aug. 1815 Mr. Poore cruized off the coast of Ireland in the President 38, Capt. Norwich Duff. He then took up a commission dated 25 Feb. in the latter year; and has since been on half-pay.
He married Miss Martha Midlane.