POWELL, Henry J. Equestrian actor; lessee of the Pavilion theatre, London 1867–8; lessee of Sadler’s Wells theatre; travelled the provinces with a dramatic and equestrian company 1873–8; fell into a stream of water and was suffocated, found dead on Wimbledon common, Surrey 4 May 1878. bur. Kensal Green cemet. 10 May. Era 19 May 1878 p. 12.
POWELL, John Hardman (son of Wm. Powell of Birmingham, who d. 1861). b. Newhall st. Birmingham 2 March 1827; pupil of Augustus Welby Pugin 1843–52; artistic head of firm of J. Hardman and Co. Birmingham 1852; some of his principal works were the heraldic and other glass in the houses of parliament 1847–59, Westminster hall 1849, St. Stephen’s crypt 1860, Worcester cathedral 1859–75, St. Neot’s, Hants. 1859–80, Beverley minster 1856–94, St. Chad’s cathedral, Birmingham 1869, the Catholic church, Cambridge 1888, and St. John the Baptist, Norwich 1894; m. 1850 Anne, dau. of A. W. Pugin. d. 12 Lee road, Blackheath, Kent 2 March 1895. bur. in the Pugin chantry in St. Augustine’s church, Ramsgate. Times 4 March 1895 p. 10; Tablet 9 March 1895.
POWELL, John Joseph (eld. son of Thomas Powell). b. Gloucester 3 Sept. 1816; barrister M.T. 16 April 1847, bencher 23 Nov. 1863 to death, treasurer 1876; Q.C. 3 Feb. 1863; recorder of Wolverhampton 21 May 1864 to death; judge of county court, circuit No. 11, (West Riding of Yorkshire), and joint judge of Leeds in circuit No. 14, 9 April 1884 to Oct. 1885; judge of circuit No. 47, Greenwich, etc. Oct. 1885 to death; M.P. Gloucester 1862–5; contested Gloucester 3 Feb. 1874; contested Weymouth 17 Nov. 1868. d. suddenly while on a visit at Widmore lodge, Bickley 15 Sept. 1891. Law Times 19 Sept. 1891 p. 355.
POWELL, Joseph Martin (youngest son of Thomas Powell). b. Gloucester 2 June 1822; apprenticed to John Cowmeadow of Ross, bookseller; worked with Bradbury and Evans London to 1844; a compositor in America 1844–5; country traveller for S. and T. Sharwood of the Austin letter foundry 1845–52; executed commissions for Barrett and Co. bible publishers, London 1845, and other firms to death; founder and proprietor of Printers’ Register 1863, and editor to death; a type broker at 3 Bouverie st. 1868–74 and in St. Bride’s st. March 1874 to death. d. 14 Hillmarten road, Camden road, London 17 Sept. 1874. bur. Finchley cemetery 23 Sept. The Printers’ Register 6 Oct. 1874 pp. 182–4.
POWELL, Lewis. b. Trecastle, South Wales 1796; educ. St. George’s hospital, London; L.S.A. 1818; M.D. Edinb. 1823; F.R.C.S. Eng. 1818; in practice 13 John st. Berkeley sq. London from 1837, latterly in partnership with J. T. Smith; the Powell ward in St. George’s hospital is named after him; author of De rheumatismo, Edinburgh 1823. d. 13 John st. London 18 Feb. 1867. Medical Times 23 Feb. 1867 pp. 212, 213.
POWELL, Peter. b. about 1779; wrote many songs which he sang; wrote for John Parry Of the married state I sing 1845; his imitations of an oratorio and of a melodrama were extraordinary. d. Bayswater, London 20 May 1855.
POWELL, Richard Ashmore. b. 1816; cadet R.N. 24 Dec. 1831, captain 8 March 1855, retired 6 July 1871; V.A. 21 March 1878; served against the Riff pirates 1851; commanded the Vesuvius in Crimean war 1854, medal; knight commander of Charles iii for attempting to rescue a Spanish ship from Moorish pirates 1856; knight of legion of honour; C.B. 5 July 1855; commodore in the Pacific 1866–71; nautical assessor under Merchant shipping act 1876. d. Shanklin, Isle of Wight 24 Dec. 1892.
POWELL, Thomas. b. London 3 Sept. 1809; a playwright and literary man in London; went to U.S. of America 1849; the first editor of Frank Leslie’s Weekly 1855, and of Frank Leslie’s Ladies’ Magazine 1857; wrote several plays produced in New York and London; author of The living authors in Great Britain 1849; Living authors in America 1850; Pictures of the living authors of Great Britain 1851. d. Newark, New Jersey 13 Jany. 1887.
POWELL, Thomas Sidney. Ensign on half pay 13 May 1826; captain 6 foot 23 Jany. 1839; major 57 foot 26 Sept. 1848, placed on h.p. 9 Feb. 1855; lieut. colonel 53 foot 6 April 1855 to death; C.B. 4 Feb. 1856; killed in action at Burdee, near Allahabad 1 Nov. 1857.
POWELL, Walter. b. 1780; 2 lieut. R.M. 31 Jany. 1800, colonel commandant 1 May 1849, retired on full pay 3 Nov. 1851; M.G. 20 June 1855. d. Burlington st. Bath 5 June 1858.