Martin Poll (priest)
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The Reverend Canon Martin Poll QHC |
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| Canon Chaplain of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Royal Peculiar |
| In office | 2012 to present |
| Other posts | Archdeacon for the Royal Navy (2010 to 2012) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1987 (deacon) 1988 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Martin George Poll |
| Born | 1961 (age 55–56) Enfield, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Diana |
| Children | Two |
| Profession |
Clergyman Chaplain |
| Education | Edmonton County School |
| Alma mater |
University of Kent at Canterbury Ripon College Cuddesdon |
Martin George Poll, QHC (born 1961) is a British Church of England priest and former Royal Navy officer. Since 2012, he has been the Canon Chaplain of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, and Chaplain to the Great Park. From 2010 to 2012, he was Archdeacon for the Royal Navy and Principal Anglican Chaplain of the Royal Navy Chaplaincy Services.
Poll was born in 1961 in Enfield, Greater London. He was educated at Edmonton County School, a state school in the London Borough of Enfield. He then studied English and Religious Studies at the University of Kent at Canterbury, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1983.
In 1984, Poll entered Ripon College Cuddesdon. He spent the next three years training for ordination and studying theology. One of his placements during training was to the Royal Army Chaplains' Department. He did not feel that the British Army was right for him, but remained attracted to military chaplaincy,
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