Chandos-Pole was born at
Radbourne Hall,
Derby,
Derbyshire on 10 January 1826. He was the eldest son of
Edward Sacheverell Chandos-Pole and Anna Maria Wilmot. His younger brother,
Henry, took the arms and surname Gell when he succeeded to the estate at
Hopton Hall. His sister, Charlotte, married Hon.
John Yarde-Buller (a son of the
1st Baron Churston), and other sister, Eleanor, married Vice-Admiral Henry Bagot (a son of Rt. Rev. Hon.
Richard Bagot). His paternal grandparents were Mary Ware and Sacheverell Pole, who later adopted the additional surname of Chandos, in 1807. His maternal grandparents were the Rev. Edward Sacheverell Wilmot and Anne ( Chambers) Wilmot. He was educated at
Eton College and
Balliol College, Oxford. ==Career==