the Warwickshire Incledon). _b._ Birmingham 1799; a bass singer;
sang at Drury Lane 1817, at English opera house 1821; made his
first appearance in New York as Hawthorn in Love in a village
7 May 1827; actor and business agent at Park theatre 1827–49;
had a complimentary benefit at the Broadway theatre previously
to his return to England 26 May 1849. _d._ Surrey st. Strand,
London 2 May 1867. _Ireland’s New York stage i_ 518, _ii_ 529
(1867); _Era 12 May 1867 p._ 10.
POWELL, BADEN (eld. son of Baden Powell, sheriff of Kent).
_b._ Stamford Hill, Middlesex 22 Aug. 1796; educ. Oriel coll.
Oxf., B.A. 1817, M.A. 1820; C. of Midhurst, Kent 1820–1; V. of
Plumstead 1821–7; F.R.S. 13 May 1824, F.G.S. 1837; Savilian
professor of geometry at Oxford Feb. 1827 to death; wrote many
papers in scientific periodicals, chiefly on optical questions;
member of the Oxford university commission 1851; _m._ 10 March
1846 Henrietta Grace, eld. dau. of Wm. Henry Smyth, president of
royal astronomical society, she was granted civil list pension
of £150, 12 April 1870; author of History of natural philosophy
1834; The connexion of natural and divine truth 1838; Tradition
unveiled 1839, Supplement 1840; Essays on the spirit of the
inductive philosophy and the unity of worlds 1855, 2 ed. 1856;
The study of natural theology 1856; Christianity without Judaism
1856, 2 ed. 1866; The order of nature 1859; contributed an essay
On the study of the evidences of Christianity to Essays and
Reviews 1860 pp. 94–144 five editions, to which there were 14
replies. _d._ 6 Stanhope st. Hyde park gardens, London 11 June
1860. _bur._ Kensal Green cemet. _G.M. ix_ 204 (1860); _I.L.N.
xviii_ 419 _where he is shown lecturing on the rotation of the
earth_, 468 (1851).
POWELL, CALEB (eld. son of Eyre Burton Powell, barrister, _d._
1800). _b._ 1793; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1813; called to
the Irish bar 1817; M.P. Limerick county 12 July 1841 to 23 July
1847; sheriff of Limerick 1858. _d._ Clonshavoy, near Limerick
24 Feb. 1881.
POWELL, HENRY J. Equestrian actor; lessee of the Pavilion
theatre, London 1867–8; lessee of Sadler’s Wells theatre;
travelled the provinces with a dramatic and equestrian company
1873–8; fell into a stream of water and was suffocated, found
_dead_ on Wimbledon common, Surrey 4 May 1878. _bur._ Kensal
Green cemet. 10 May. _Era 19 May 1878 p._ 12.
POWELL, _John Hardman_ (son of Wm. Powell of Birmingham, who
_d._ 1861). _b._ Newhall st. Birmingham 2 March 1827; pupil
of Augustus Welby Pugin 1843–52; artistic head of firm of J.
Hardman and Co. Birmingham 1852; some of his principal works
were the heraldic and other glass in the houses of parliament
1847–59, Westminster hall 1849, St. Stephen’s crypt 1860,
Worcester cathedral 1859–75, St. Neot’s, Hants. 1859–80,
Beverley minster 1856–94, St. Chad’s cathedral, Birmingham 1869,
the Catholic church, Cambridge 1888, and St. John the Baptist,
Norwich 1894; _m._ 1850 Anne, dau. of A. W. Pugin. _d._ 12 Lee
road, Blackheath, Kent 2 March 1895. _bur._ in the Pugin chantry
in St. Augustine’s church, Ramsgate. _Times 4 March 1895 p._ 10;
_Tablet 9 March 1895_.
POWELL, JOHN JOSEPH (eld. son of Thomas Powell). _b._ Gloucester
3 Sept. 1816; barrister M.T. 16 April 1847, bencher 23 Nov.
1863 to death, treasurer 1876; Q.C. 3 Feb. 1863; recorder of
Wolverhampton 21 May 1864 to death; judge of county court,
circuit No. 11, (West Riding of Yorkshire), and joint judge
of Leeds in circuit No. 14, 9 April 1884 to Oct. 1885; judge
of circuit No. 47, Greenwich, etc. Oct. 1885 to death; M.P.
Gloucester 1862–5; contested Gloucester 3 Feb. 1874; contested
Weymouth 17 Nov. 1868. _d._ suddenly while on a visit at Widmore
lodge, Bickley 15 Sept. 1891. _Law Times 19 Sept. 1891 p._ 355.
POWELL, JOSEPH MARTIN (youngest son of Thomas Powell). _b._
Gloucester 2 June 1822; apprenticed to John Cowmeadow of Ross,
bookseller; worked with Bradbury and Evans London to 1844; a
compositor in America 1844–5; country traveller for S. and
T. Sharwood of the Austin letter foundry 1845–52; executed
commissions for Barrett and Co. bible publishers, London 1845,
and other firms to death; founder and proprietor of Printers’
Register 1863, and editor to death; a type broker at 3 Bouverie
st. 1868–74 and in St. Bride’s st. March 1874 to death. _d._
14 Hillmarten road, Camden road, London 17 Sept. 1874. _bur._
Finchley cemetery 23 Sept. _The Printers’ Register 6 Oct. 1874
pp._ 182–4.
POWELL, LEWIS. _b._ Trecastle, South Wales 1796; educ. St.
George’s hospital, London; L.S.A. 1818; M.D. Edinb. 1823;
F.R.C.S. Eng. 1818; in practice 13 John st. Berkeley sq. London
from 1837, latterly in partnership with J. T. Smith; the Powell
ward in St. George’s hospital is named after him; author of De
rheumatismo, Edinburgh 1823. _d._ 13 John st. London 18 Feb.
1867. _Medical Times 23 Feb. 1867 pp._ 212, 213.
POWELL, PETER. _b._ about 1779; wrote many songs which he sang;
wrote for John Parry Of the married state I sing 1845; his
imitations of an oratorio and of a melodrama were extraordinary.
_d._ Bayswater, London 20 May 1855.
POWELL, RICHARD ASHMORE. _b._ 1816; cadet R.N. 24 Dec. 1831,
captain 8 March 1855, retired 6 July 1871; V.A. 21 March 1878;
served against the Riff pirates 1851; commanded the Vesuvius in
Crimean war 1854, medal; knight commander of Charles iii for
attempting to rescue a Spanish ship from Moorish pirates 1856;
knight of legion of honour; C.B. 5 July 1855; commodore in the
Pacific 1866–71; nautical assessor under Merchant shipping act
1876. _d._ Shanklin, Isle of Wight 24 Dec. 1892.
POWELL, THOMAS. _b._ London 3 Sept. 1809; a playwright and
literary man in London; went to U.S. of America 1849; the first
editor of Frank Leslie’s Weekly 1855, and of Frank Leslie’s
Ladies’ Magazine 1857; wrote several plays produced in New York
and London; author of The living authors in Great Britain 1849;
Living authors in America 1850; Pictures of the living authors
of Great Britain 1851. _d._ Newark, New Jersey 13 Jany. 1887.
POWELL, THOMAS SIDNEY. Ensign on half pay 13 May 1826; captain 6
foot 23 Jany. 1839; major 57 foot 26 Sept. 1848, placed on h.p.
9 Feb. 1855; lieut. colonel 53 foot 6 April 1855 to death; C.B.
4 Feb. 1856; _killed_ in action at Burdee, near Allahabad 1 Nov.
1857.
POWELL, WALTER. _b._ 1780; 2 lieut. R.M. 31 Jany. 1800, colonel
commandant 1 May 1849, retired on full pay 3 Nov. 1851; M.G. 20
June 1855. _d._ Burlington st. Bath 5 June 1858.
POWELL, WALTER (son of a merchant). _b._ Tottenham, Middlesex
May 1822; taken to Tasmania 1823; a clerk at Launceston 1834;
clerk to an auctioneer Melbourne 1845–8; went to England 1848,
1856, 1860; conducted a business in the hardware line Melbourne
1849 to death; purchased land on the discovery of the gold
fields; connected with the Wesleyan church and many charities;
partner with Henry Reed, Australian merchant 6 Broad st.
buildings, London 1 Jany. 1861 to death. _d._ 79 Lancaster gate,
London 21 Jany. 1868. _bur._ Marylebone cemet. Finchley. _B.
Gregory’s Thorough man of business, W. Powell_ (1871) _portrait_.
POWELL, WALTER (youngest son of Thomas Powell). _b._ The Gaer,
Newport, Monmouth 17 April 1842; educ. Rugby 1858; a colliery
proprietor; M.P. Malmesbury 17 Nov. 1868 to death; resided
Dunestay house, near Chippenham; while in the balloon Saladin
alone, was carried out to sea from Bridport and not again heard
of 10 Dec. 1881, a reward of £200 offered for his recovery.
_Times 13 Dec. 1881 pp._ 6, 9; _Graphic xxiv_ 633 (1881)
_portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxix_ 616 (1881) _portrait_.
POWELL, WALTER RICE HOWELL (1 son of Walter Rice Howell of
Haverfordwest). _b._ 4 April 1819; matric. from Ch. Ch. Oxf.
19 Oct. 1837; sheriff of Carmarthen 1849; M.P. Carmarthenshire
1880–5; M.P. western division of Carmarthenshire 1885 to
death; master of fox hounds from 1839; purchased Osbaldeston’s
Vanguard and Mayfly, a Welsh hound, the founders of his pack;
owner of many steeplechase horses; established the United
counties friendly benefit soc. and the Farmers’ benefit soc. at
Llanboidy. _d._ Maesgwynne, near Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire 25
June 1889. _Baily’s Mag. Aug. 1883 pp._ 63–4 _portrait_; _Times
27 June 1889 p._ 11.
POWELL, WILLIAM. _b._ 1814; a Welsh Calvinistic methodist; began
to preach 1834, ordained 1837; minister at Pembroke, retired
1893; moderator of the general assembly; a well known preacher.
_d._ Pembroke 12 Aug. 1894.
POWELL, WILLIAM EDWARD (elder son of Thomas Powell of Nanteos,
Cardiganshire, _d._ 1797). _b._ 16 Feb. 1788; matric. from Ch.
Ch. Oxf. 20 Oct. 1804; M.P. Cardiganshire 1816–54, having never
had a competitor for his seat; lord lieut. of Cardiganshire 26
Oct. 1816 to death; colonel of Cardiganshire militia 15 Dec.
1823 to death; resided Nanteos house, near Aberystwith. _d._ 7
Hyde park terrace, London 10 April 1854. _G.M. xli_ 648 (1854).
POWELL, WILLIAM THOMAS ROWLAND (eld. son of the preceding). _b._
Swansea 4 Aug. 1815; educ. Westminster 1830; ensign 37 foot 1
June 1832, captain 6 April 1838, sold out 1 March 1839; M.P. co.
Cardigan 7 May 1859 to 6 July 1865; lieut. col. royal Cardigan
militia 25 March 1854, resigned 5 May 1865. _d._ Norwood, Surrey
13 May 1878.
POWER, SIR ALFRED (6 son of John Power, M.D. of Lichfield). _b._
Market Bosworth 1 Feb. 1805; educ. Repton sch. 1818, and Clare
hall, Camb., scholar 1822, Batty university scholar 1823, second
in 1 class of classical tripos; fellow of Downing coll. 1826–36,
hon. fellow 1885; B.A. 1826, M.A. 1829; barrister M.T. 12 Feb.
1830, went midland circuit; factory commissioner 1833; assist.
poor law commissioner in England 1834–43, in Ireland 1843; chief
comr. of Irish poor laws 1849–73; V.P. of local government board
of Ireland 1874, retired on pension of £1,333, 1 March 1879;
C.B. 5 Aug. 1871, K.C.B. 27 March 1873; author of A political
catechism 1853; Sanitary rhymes, personal precautions against
cholera and all kinds of fever 1871. _d._ 35 Raglan road,
Dublin 7 June 1888. _New Monthly Mag. cxviii_ 391, 408 (1880)
_portrait_; _Law Journal lxxxvi_ 184 (1888); _The Biograph March
and April 1882 pp._ 229–32; _Times 12 June 1888 p._ 5.
POWER, DAVID. _b._ 1817; barrister L.I. and M.T. 1 May 1840;
leading counsel of the Norfolk circuit; recorder of Ipswich Nov.
1848, resigned June 1861; Q.C. April 1858, bencher of M.T. 1858
to death; author of The act for registration of voters 1843; The
law of qualification and registration of parliamentary electors
1847; Power’s Illustrated hand-book for Gloucester 1848, 2 ed.
1862; with H. Rodwell and E. L. Dew Reports of the decisions
of the house of commons in the trial of controverted elections
1853. _d._ Halstead Place, Kent 10 May 1862.
POWER, ELLEN MARIA (youngest dau. of Arthur Lingham of York
house, Tulse hill, Brixton, Surrey, his wife Agnes _d._ 24 June
1894). _b._ London 10 April 1854; made her first appearance at
Gordon’s music hall, Southampton 1863; under the name of Nelly
Power a singer and dancer at the Canterbury, the Pavilion, and
other music halls in London to 1870; gave exact imitations of
George Leybourne; took the principal parts in pantomimes at the
Surrey theatre under William Holland’s management; acted the Elf
in Robinson Crusoe pantomime, Covent Garden 26 Dec. 1868; acted
Don Roderigo in Don Carlos 16 April 1870, the earl of Essex in
Elizabeth 17 Nov. 1870, prince Precious in the Orange tree and
the humble bee 13 May 1871, the princess Badoura in Camaralzaman
22 Nov. 1871, Glaucus in The very last days of Pompeii 13 Feb.
1872, and Apollo in Romulus and Remus 23 Dec. 1872, all at the
Vaudeville theatre; played again in pantomimes at the Surrey;
Sinbad in the Old Man of the sea, Drury lane 26 Dec. 1882; again
had great popularity at the music halls, very successful in
caricaturing dandies, her songs Lah-di-dah and Tiddy-fol-lol
had a great run; her last appearance was at the Trocadero 19
Jany. 1887; _m._ 17 June 1874 Roland Gideon Israel, eldest son
of Bennett Barnett of Keppel st. Russell sq. London, from whom
she obtained a divorce. _d._ 309 Essex road, Islington, London
20 Jany. 1887. _bur._ Abney park cemetery 26 Jany. _The Era 22
Jany. 1887 p._ 10, _29 Jany. p._ 10; _Saturday Programme 18 July
1874_, _with portrait_, _5 Feb. 1876 pp._ 8–9, _two portraits_.
POWER, FRANK LE POER (son of a bank manager in Dublin). Held
a commission in the Austro-Hungarian army; an artist; a war
correspondent on Bulgarian frontier in Russo-Turkish war 1877;
leaving London 17 May 1883, went with Edmond O’Donovan to
Khartoum, was in Khartoum 1 Aug. 1883 to 10 Sept. 1883 as his
secretary and assistant; made sketches for the Pictorial World;
joined Hicks Pasha’s army; acting consul of the foreign office
at Khartoum 15 Dec. 1883; correspondent of The Times; author of
Letters from Khartoum, written during the siege, 3 ed. 1885;
known as The Ghazi; _murdered_ by the Arabs at Wady Gamr,
near Berber on the Nile about 27 Sept. 1884 while on his way
to Dongola with lieut. col. J. D. H. Stewart, brass tablet in
memory of Power and 6 other journalists erected in crypt of St.
Paul’s cathedral. _J. A. O’Shea’s Round about recollections i_
26–33 (1892); _I.L.N. 13 Dec. 1884 p._ 576 _portrait_; _Foreign
office list 1885 p._ 214; _Times 6 Oct. 1884 p._ 11 _et seq._
POWER, JAMES. Second lieut. R.A. 1 Jany. 1794, colonel 5 June
1835 to 23 Nov. 1841; colonel commandant R.A. 6 Dec. 1846 to
death; M.G. 23 Nov. 1841. _d._ Dover 17 Feb. 1851.
POWER, SIR JAMES, 2 Baronet (only son of the succeeding). _b._
Johns Lane distillery, Dublin 6 Dec. 1800; educ. Rathfarnham
college; called to the Irish bar at King’s inns 1849; M.P. co.
Wexford 1835–47 and 1865–8; succeeded 25 June 1855; a comr.
of charitable bequests in Ireland 1865 to death; sheriff for
co. Wexford 1851, and for city of Dublin 1859. _d._ Edermine,
Enniscorthy, co. Wexford 30 Sept. 1877. _Irish law times xi_ 517
(1877).
POWER, SIR JOHN, 1 Baronet. _b._ 1771; a distiller in Dublin;
alderman of Dublin; created baronet 18 Oct. 1841; a supporter
of D. O’Connell by his purse and influence; laid foundation
stone of O’Connell monument in Glasnevin cemetery 1854. _d._
Roebuck house, county Dublin 25 June 1855. _bur._ in cathedral,
Marlborough st. Dublin. _G.M. xliv_ 428 (1855).
POWER, JOHN. _b._ 1820; articled to sir John Rennie, C.E. but
gave up the engineering profession; published The Irish literary
enquirer 1865–6, four numbers only; Bibliotheca Hibernica,
Dublin 1865, a specimen sheet; List of Irish periodical
publications 1866; A handy book about books 1870; resided in
Panama some years; projected the Panama star and herald; resided
at St. John’s Wood, London. _d._ St. Leonards-on-sea 13 May
1872. _N. & Q. 4 s. ix_ 417 (1872).
POWER, JOHN (son of William Power of Lichfield). _b._ Freley,
Staffs. 31 July 1818; educ. Merchant Taylors’ school 1828,
Parkin’s exhibitioner to Pemb. coll. Camb. 1837; 8 wrangler and
B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844, D.D.; fellow and tutor of Pembroke, then
master of the college Jany. 1870 to death; vice-chancellor of
Camb. univ. 1870 and 1878. _d._ The master’s lodge, Pembroke
coll. 18 Nov. 1880. _bur._ Cherryhinton church 24 Nov. _The
Guardian 24 Nov. 1880 p._ 1620.
POWER, JOHN (son of Matthias Power). _b._ parish of Affane, near
Cappoquin, Waterford 1 May 1809; studied in St. John’s college,
Waterford; ordained priest 16 June 1832; C. of St. Mary’s,
Clonmel 8 June 1832; P.P. of Powerstown 2 July 1852; translated
to parish of S.S. Peter and Paul, Clonmel 6 Sept. 1866; R.C.
bishop of Waterford and Lismore 6 May 1873 to death, consecrated
in Waterford cathedral 20 July 1873. _d._ Waterford 6 Dec. 1887.
_bur._ in Waterford cathedral 9 Dec. _W. M. Brady’s Episcopal
succession ii_ 77 (1876); _The Waterford mail 8 Dec. 1887 p._ 3,
_12 Dec. p._ 2.
POWER, JOSEPH (son of Mr. Power of Market Bosworth, Leics.
surgeon). _b._ Market Bosworth 1798; pensioner at Clare coll.
Camb. 21 March 1817, fellow 19 Dec. 1823 to 21 Feb. 1829, and 2
Jany. 1844, dean; fellow of Trin. hall 21 Feb. 1829 to 2 Jany.
1844, tutor and lecturer 1829–44; B.A. 1821, M.A. 1824; proctor
of the univ. 1829; librarian of the university 1845, resigned 13
Feb. 1864; V. of Litlington, Cambs. 1856–66; R. of Birdbrook,
Essex 1866 to death; contributed papers to the Transactions of
the Cambridge Philosophical society 1825–57. _d._ Birdbrook
rectory 7 June 1868.
POWER, MANLEY. Ensign 32 foot 30 Dec. 1819; lieut. 85 foot 4
Sept. 1823, placed on h.p. 30 June 1825; captain 85 foot 28 Dec.
1826, lieut. col. 13 April 1852 to death; brevet colonel 20 June
1854. _d._ Bath 27 April 1857.
POWER, MARGUERITE A. (dau. of colonel Power and niece of
Marguerite, countess of Blessington). _b._ about 1815; resided
with her aunt at Gore house, Kensington to April 1849, when she
went with her to Paris; edited The Keepsake 1851–7; contributed
to the Irish metropolitan magazine, Forget-me-not, and Once
a week; author of Evelyn Forester: a woman’s story 1856; The
Foresters, 2 vols. 1858; The letters of a betrothed 1858, signed
Honoria; Nelly Carew, 2 vols. 1859; Virginia’s hand, a poem
1860; Sweethearts and wives, 3 vols. 1861, 2 ed. 1861; Arabian
days and nights, or rays from the east 1863; edited Country
quarters by the Countess of Blessington 1850, with a memoir.
_d._ July 1867. _Heath’s Book of beauty_ (1842) 135 _portrait_;
_Athenæum 13 July 1867 p._ 54.
POWER, MARY (widow of Nicholas Power of Snowhill and aunt of the
right hon. R. L. Sheil). Resided at Bath; went to London to see
the Great exhibition of 1851. _d._ the Ursuline convent, Cork 10
March 1853 aged 116. _The Constitution, Cork 17 March 1853 p._ 3.
POWER, PIERSE (cousin of John Power, bishop of Waterford, _d._
1887). _b._ Powerstown, near Clonmel 1827; was for sometime in
business; educ. Maynooth 1847; ordained a priest 1855; professor
of logic and moral philosophy St. John’s coll. Waterford 1855,
president to 1879; parish priest of Dungarvan 1879–86; coadjutor
to bishop of Waterford 7 March 1886; bishop of Waterford and
Lismore 6 Dec. 1887 to death. _d._ John’s Hill, Waterford 22
May 1889. _bur._ in the precincts of the cathedral 24 May. _The
Times 23 May 1889 p._ 5; _Waterford chronicle 25 May 1889 p._ 3.
POWER, RICHARD (son of Patrick W. Power of Pembroke lodge,
Tramore, Waterford). _b._ Tramore 1851; educ. Carlow and Old
Hall coll. Hertfordshire; M.P. Waterford Feb. 1874 to death, a
whip to the Parnellite party; caught a cold while attending C.
S. Parnell’s funeral from which he never recovered 11 Oct. 1891.
_d._ The Grand hotel, London 29 Nov. 1891. _bur._ Tramore 2 Dec.
_Times 1 Dec. 1891 p._ 9; _I.L.N. 5 Dec. 1891 p._ 726 _portrait_.
POWER, SIR WILLIAM GREENSHIELDS (son of J. Power of Killydangan,
co. Tipperary). _b._ Killydangan 1781; 2 lieut. R.A. 31 May
1800, lieut. col. 12 June 1835, col. 4 May 1846 to 9 Nov.
1846, col. commandant 16 Dec. 1856 to death; served in Spain,
Portugal, and France 1808–14, silver war medal with 9 clasps;
general 4 Feb. 1857; C.B. 26 Sept. 1831; K.H. 1834; K.C.B. 10
Nov. 1862. _d._ Chine house, Shanklin, Isle of Wight 23 Jany.
1863.
POWIS, EDWARD JAMES HERBERT, 3 Earl of (1 son of 2 earl of Powis
1785–1848). _b._ Pershore, Worcestershire 5 Nov. 1818; educ.
Eton and St. John’s coll. Camb., cr. LL.D. 4 July 1842; styled
viscount Clive 1839–48; M.P. North Salop 1843–8; accidentally
shot his father while pheasant shooting 17 Jany. 1848, when he
succeeded to the peerage; cornet South Salop yeomanry 10 April
1840, lieut. col. 29 Feb. 1848; cr. D.C.L. Oxford 24 June 1857;
high steward of univ. of Cambridge 26 Oct. 1863; lord lieutenant
of Montgomeryshire 22 May 1877. _d._ 45 Berkeley sq. London
7 May 1891. _bur._ Welshpool, will proved at £196,988 gross.
_I.L.N. iv_ 65 (1844) _portrait_.
POWLETT, BARTON POWLETT WALLOP WILLIAM (1 son of William B. P.
Wallop, major 15 dragoons 1781–1824). _b._ 6 Sept. 1808; a rider
of race horses; well known in the hunting field; known as Barton
Wallop, when he was supposed to be the heir to lord Portsmouth’s
property; resided Northholme, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. _d._
Cheltenham 7 Dec. 1886. _Baily’s Mag. xlvii_ 71 (1887).
POWLEY, MARY. _b._ 1812; author of Echoes of Old Cumberland,
poems and translations 1875. _d._ Langwathby 23 Dec. 1882.
POWNALL, ASSHETON (3 son of James Pownall of Liverpool). _b._
1823; educ. Harrow 1837, and at Brasenose coll. Oxf., B.A.
1845, M.A. 1848; C. of Edgmond, Shropshire 1845–7; R. of South
Kilworth, Leicestershire 1847 to death; rural dean of Gartree
1867; hon. canon of Peterborough 1875–85; archdeacon of
Leicester 1884; proctor for the diocese of Peterborough 1871,
1874, and 1880; visited many places in the Midland counties
for Soc. for propagation of gospel in foreign parts; F.S.A. 7
Dec. 1865, and made contributions to the Proceedings; member of
Numismatic Soc. April 1860, and a contributor to the Chronicle
from 1861. _d._ while on a visit at Dover 25 Nov. 1886, memorial
window in Kilworth church. _Proc. of Soc. of Antiquaries xi_ 375
(1885–7); _Numismatic Chronicle vii_ 1887, _Proceedings_ 28–31.
POWNALL, JOHN GEORGE HENRY (eld. son of John Pownall, _d._
1836). _b._ 2 Sept. 1792; a founder of Exeter hall, London 1831;
a founder of the Record newspaper 1828; contested Finsbury
2 July 1834; contested Middlesex 31 July 1837; chairman of
Middlesex bench of magistrates 1844 to 14 July 1870, when
he was presented with a dessert service value 500 guineas;
connected with numerous philanthropic and charitable societies;
a knight of the order of St. John of Jerusalem 8 June 1859. _d._
63 Russell sq. London 8 April 1880, portrait in Clerkenwell
sessions house. _The Record 12 April 1880 p._ 3; _Law Times
lxviii_ 442 (1880); _Times 9 April 1880 p._ 1.
NOTE.--He moved at the annual meeting of the Anti-slavery society at
the Freemason’s hall, London on 15 May 1830 ‘That from and after Jany.
1 1830 every slave born within the king’s dominions shall be free.’
_Sir J. Stephen’s Anti-slavery recollections_ (1854) 121.
POWNEY, JOHN (youngest son of Pennyston Portlock Powney of
Maidenhead, _d._ 1794). Entered navy 1800; commanded the
Cameleon revenue cutter 1818–21, occasionally attended George
iii in his aquatic excursions; captain on h.p. 7 March 1853;
K.H. 1 Jany. 1837; inspecting commander of coast guard at
Aldborough 1831–4. _d._ St. Leonard’s, Exeter 27 Jany. 1855.
_G.M. xliii_ 644 (1855).
POWNEY, RICHARD. _b._ 1785; 1 lieut. Bengal artillery 7 May
1805, lieut. col. 3 March 1835, colonel 12 July 1844 to death;
principal commissary ordnance department 27 Nov. 1837 to 1843;
L.G. 21 Sept. 1859. _d._ 23 Dec. 1864.
POWRIE, THOMAS. _b._ Dundee 8 Feb. 1824; educ. Stirling’s school
in Tay street; acted at the Yeaman Shore theatre 1844 as T.
Power, and then in Prince’s theatre, Glasgow; first appeared
theatre royal, Edinburgh as Hamlet 10 Oct. 1849; played at
theatre royal, Castle st. Dundee as Hamlet Oct. 1849; acted
Julian St. Pierre in The Wife, theatre royal, Edinb. 28 Jany.
1850, Rob Roy at the Adelphi 17 Jany. 1852, Clifford in the
Hunchback 6 Nov. 1852, Romeo 15 Nov. 1852, Richelieu at the
theatre royal 17 May 1854, and O’Grady in Arrah-Na-Pogue 8
March 1866; appeared as Rob Roy at Drury Lane, London 23 March
1867 one night only as he sprained his ankle; made his last
appearances in the Dundee theatre royal as Rob Roy on 9 and
10 March 1868; played 6 nights at Drury lane March 1868; made
his last appearance on any stage at Prince of Wales’, Glasgow
April 1868; as Rob Roy he was thought to have no equal. _d._ 6
Union place, Edinburgh 27 Aug. 1868. _bur._ Western cemetery,
Dundee 29 Aug. _J. C. Dibdin’s Edinburgh stage_ (1888) 408, 509;
_Norrie’s Dundee celebrities_ (1873) 312–6; _Illust. sporting
news iv_ 521 (1865) _portrait_, _vi_ 200 (1867) _portrait_.
POWYS, HORATIO (3 son of 2 baron Lilford 1775–1825). _b._ 20
Nov. 1805; educ. Harrow 1813 and St. John’s coll. Camb.; M.A.
1826, D.D. 1854; R. of Warrington, Lancs. 1831–54; rural dean of
Cheshire 1831–54; established the training college at Chester,
and the institution for the education of the daughters of the
clergy at Warrington; bishop of Sodor and Man 5 July 1854 to
death, consecrated in York cathedral 25 July 1854; author of A
pastoral letter to the congregation at Warrington 1848. _d._
Bewsey house, Bournemouth 31 May 1877. _bur._ Warrington 5 June.