Stanley Lane-Poole was a British Orientalist and archaeologist and grand-nephew of the Arabist Edward William Lane. From 1874 to 1892, he worked in the coins department of the British Museum. From January to March 1883, he carried out an acquisition campaign in Cairo for the South Kensington Museum (Volait, 2021, p. 62; Victoria and Albert Archive, Nominal File Stanley Lane-Poole). Among other things, he then bought several stucco and glass windows for the museum.
In 1895–97, he was employed by the Egyptian government to carry out archaeological research in Cairo. From 1898 to 1904, he held the had a chair as Professor of Arabic studies at Trinity College in Dublin.
Lane-Poole wrote several books, including The Art of the Saracens in Egypt, 1886.

Dawson, W. R., & Bierbrier, M. L. (1995). Who was who in Egyptology. London: Egypt Exploration Society.

Lane-Poole, S. (1886). The art of the Saracens in Egypt. Chapman and Hall.

Victoria and Albert Archive, Nominal File Stanley Lane-Poole

Volait, M. (2021). Antique dealing and creative reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890: Intercultural engagements with architecture and craft in the age of travel and reform. Brill.