Family and Education
b. 16 Feb. 1788, 1st s. of Thomas Powell of Nanteos and Elinor, da. of Edward Maurice Corbet of Ynysmaengwyn, Merion. educ. Westminster 1801-3; Christ Church, Oxf. 1804. m. (1) 4 Oct 1810, Laura Edwyna (d. 8 Sept. 1822), Ann. Reg. (1822), Chron. p. 291. da. of James Sackville Tufton Phelp of Cottrell House, Glam. and Coston House, Leics., 2s.; (2) 21 Apr. 1841, Harriet Dell, da. of Henry Hutton of Cherry Willingham, Lincs., wid. of George Ackers of Moreton Hall, Cheshire, s.p. suc. fa. 1797. d. 10 Apr. 1854.
Offices Held
Ensign 18 Drag. 1811, half-pay 1822; maj. R. Card. militia 1811, col. 1816, lt.-col. commdt. (with rank of col.) 1823 – d.
Sheriff, Card. 1810 – 11; ld. lt. 1816 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Nanteos, Card.
Notes
Draws also on M.M. Escott, ‘Parliamentary Representation: From the French Revolution to the Passage of the Reform Bill, 1790-1832’, Card. Co. Hist. iii. ed. G.H. Jenkins and I. Gwynedd Jones, 387-97.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
POWELL, William Edward (1788-1854)
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