Major General Sir Frederick Cuthbert Poole, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO, DL (3 August 1869 – 20 December 1936) was a British Army officer of the First World War and a Conservative parliamentary candidate.

Poole served in the Second Boer War in South Africa, for which he left on the SS British Prince in March 1900.

[2] He was attached to the ammunition column of the 8th Division, and was later in command of P Section Pom-poms, and was present at the engagements at Botha′s Pass, the storming of Alleman′s Nek (June 1900), the Battle of Bergendal and operations near Lydenburg (August 1900).

[5] Following the end of the war, Poole left Cape Town for England on the SS Simla in July 1902.

[10][11][12][13] He stood as the Conservative candidate in the 1922 Bodmin by-election, but was defeated by Isaac Foot.