POWYS, Richard (c.1707-43), of Hintlesham Hall, Suff.

b. c.1707, o.s. of Richard Powys of Hintlesham, principal clerk of the Treasury and half-bro. of Sir Littleton Powys, judge of King’s bench, and of Sir Thomas Powys, M.P., of Lilford, attorney-gen. 1687-9, by Elizabeth, da. of John Singleton, citizen and dyer of London. educ. Westminster; Trinity, Camb. 1724. m. 30 May 1735, Lady Mary Brudenell, da. of George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan, 2da. suc. fa. 1724.