Family and Education
b. 1720, 1st s. of William Pownall by his 2nd w. Sarah da. of John Burneston, dep. gov. of Bombay; bro. of Thomas Pownall. educ. Lincoln g.s. m. Mary, da. of Bowden Lillingston of Ferriby, Yorks., 2s. 1da.
Offices Held
Clerk, Board of Trade 1741 – 45, solicitor and clerk of reports 1745 – 53, jt. sec. 1753 – 58, sec. 1758 – May 1776; under-sec. of state, American dept. Jan. 1768 – May 1776; naval officer in Jamaica 1755 – 71; prov. marshal gen. of Leeward Is. 1771 (confirmed to him for life 1776); commr. of Excise May 1776–85, of Customs 1785–8.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Wykeham, Lincs.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
POWNALL, John (1720-95)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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