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POWELL, WILLIAM EDWARD, elder son of Thomas Powell, Nanteos, Cardiganshire, and Elinor, only dau. of Edward Maurice Corbet (qv) and his first wife; b. 16 Feb 1788; in school lists 1801, 1803; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1804; Ensign, Bradshaw’s Recruiting Corps 21 Mar 1811; Cornet, half-pay, 18th Light Dragoons 12 Sep 1822; MP Cardiganshire (Tory/Conservative) 27 May 1816 – Feb 1854; Lord Lieut., Cardiganshire, from 22 Nov 1816; Col., Cardiganshire Militia; m. 1st, 4 Oct 1810 Laura Edwyna, eldest dau. of James Sackville Tufton Phelp, Coston House, Leics.; m. 2nd, Apr 1841 Harriott Dell, widow of George Ackers, Moreton Hall, Chester, and youngest dau. of Henry Hutton, Cherry Willingham, Lincs.; d. 10 Apr 1854.

POWELL, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS in 1619; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1621, adm. scholar 1622, matr. Easter 1622.

POWELL, THOMAS, son of Thomas Powell, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Alderman of Carmarthen; bapt. 3 May 1700; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1715; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Dec 1717; BA 1721; MA 1724; ordained priest (Oxford) 20 Dec 1724; Vicar of Horsham, Sussex, from 9 May 1729; m. 6 Feb 1729 (IGI) Ann Seymer; buried Horsham, Sussex 6 Sep 1742.

POWELL, SAMUEL; b.; Min. Can. 1635, 1636. [note Samuel Powell, son of Samuel Powell, Shropshire, Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 May 1640, aged 17]

POWELL, ROWLAND, eldest son of John Powell, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1655, adm. pens. 23 May 1655, scholar 1656, matr. Easter 1656; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Dec 1658; m. 18 Jan 1661/2 Elizabeth Hazelocke, Newington Butts, Surrey.

POWELL, RICHARD, son of John Powell, Westminster, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 24 Jul 1709 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1722; KS 1723; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1727, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1727, scholar 17 May 1728, matr. 1728; migrated to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Mar 1728/9.

POWELL, PETER; b.; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1739; BB 1743-6.

Powell, Palgrave Dawson Turner, son of Edward Turner Powell, of West Brompton, by Florence, daughter of the Rev. John Davis Letts, Vicar of St. Ann, Stamford Hill; b. Nov. 4, 1897: adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1915; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1916; 2nd Lieut. Welsh Regt. Aug. 16, 1916; Lieut. Feb. 16, 1918; served in Great War I; a motor agent; served in Great War II as Capt. R.A.O.C. (T. A.); transferred to R.E.M.E. Oct. 1, 1942; Major; M.B.E. (Italy) June 28, 1945; m. Elsie Clarice, daughter of George Carpenter, of Highgate; d. 1985.