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POWELL, WILLIAM; elder son of Thomas Symonds MD, Sugwas, Herefs., and Penelope, dau. of Sir John Williams, Bart.; b.; in school lists Feb 1727/8, 1729, 1731; appears to have been known as Symonds alias Powell on becoming heir to Pengethly estate in 1723; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Mar 1732/3, aged 18; adm. Middle Temple 10 Apr 1736.

POWELL, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 16) Feb 1716/7.

POWELL, WILLIAM, brother of John Powell (adm. 1719, qv); b. 6 Aug 1714; adm. (aged 14) May 1729; in school list 1731; attorney, practising at Brecon, Breconshire.

POWELL, WILLIAM THOMAS ROWLAND, elder son of William Edward Powell (qv), and his first wife; b. 4 Aug 1815; adm. 24 May 1830 (Stikeman's); Ensign, 37th Foot 1 Jun 1832; Lieut., 26 Jun 1835; Capt., 6 Apr 1838; retd. 1 Mar 1839; MP (Conservative) Cardiganshire 1859-65; DL JP Cardiganshire; m. 1 May 1839 Rosa Edwyna, elder dau. of William George Cherry, Buckland, Herefs.; d. 13 May 1878. [Perhaps “Thomas Powell, Esq., Aberystwyth”, who signed Play Protest 1847].

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]