Sir William Hutcheson Poë, 1st Baronet (20 September 1848 – 30 November 1934) was an Irish soldier and politician.

However he was hit in the thigh by a bullet at the Battle of Metammeh on the 19th January, requiring the leg to be amputated[8][9] Subsequently he served in the Naval Intelligence Department and was prompted to lieutenant-colonel.

[10] After leaving military service, Poë settled in Ireland, living at Heywood House, Ballinakill.

[10] In the 1895 general election he stood as the Irish Unionist Alliance candidate for the Queen's County Ossory division,[7] but lost badly to the incumbent, Eugene Crean.

[17] One of Poë's recreations was grouse shooting, though he was obliged to do this while seated on a pony due to the loss of his leg.

[10] In 1906, Poë commissioned Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll to develop the gardens around his seat, Heywood House.