POWER, Pierse (cousin of John Power, bishop of Waterford, d. 1887). b. Powerstown, near Clonmel 1827; was for sometime in business; educ. Maynooth 1847; ordained a priest 1855; professor of logic and moral philosophy St. John’s coll. Waterford 1855, president to 1879; parish priest of Dungarvan 1879–86; coadjutor to bishop of Waterford 7 March 1886; bishop of Waterford and Lismore 6 Dec. 1887 to death. d. John’s Hill, Waterford 22 May 1889. bur. in the precincts of the cathedral 24 May. The Times 23 May 1889 p. 5; Waterford chronicle 25 May 1889 p. 3.
POWER, Richard (son of Patrick W. Power of Pembroke lodge, Tramore, Waterford). b. Tramore 1851; educ. Carlow and Old Hall coll. Hertfordshire; M.P. Waterford Feb. 1874 to death, a whip to the Parnellite party; caught a cold while attending C. S. Parnell’s funeral from which he never recovered 11 Oct. 1891. d. The Grand hotel, London 29 Nov. 1891. bur. Tramore 2 Dec. Times 1 Dec. 1891 p. 9; I.L.N. 5 Dec. 1891 p. 726 portrait.
POWER, Sir William Greenshields (son of J. Power of Killydangan, co. Tipperary). b. Killydangan 1781; 2 lieut. R.A. 31 May 1800, lieut. col. 12 June 1835, col. 4 May 1846 to 9 Nov. 1846, col. commandant 16 Dec. 1856 to death; served in Spain, Portugal, and France 1808–14, silver war medal with 9 clasps; general 4 Feb. 1857; C.B. 26 Sept. 1831; K.H. 1834; K.C.B. 10 Nov. 1862. d. Chine house, Shanklin, Isle of Wight 23 Jany. 1863.
POWIS, Edward James Herbert, 3 Earl of (1 son of 2 earl of Powis 1785–1848). b. Pershore, Worcestershire 5 Nov. 1818; educ. Eton and St. John’s coll. Camb., cr. LL.D. 4 July 1842; styled viscount Clive 1839–48; M.P. North Salop 1843–8; accidentally shot his father while pheasant shooting 17 Jany. 1848, when he succeeded to the peerage; cornet South Salop yeomanry 10 April 1840, lieut. col. 29 Feb. 1848; cr. D.C.L. Oxford 24 June 1857; high steward of univ. of Cambridge 26 Oct. 1863; lord lieutenant of Montgomeryshire 22 May 1877. d. 45 Berkeley sq. London 7 May 1891. bur. Welshpool, will proved at £196,988 gross. I.L.N. iv 65 (1844) portrait.
POWLETT, Barton Powlett Wallop William (1 son of William B. P. Wallop, major 15 dragoons 1781–1824). b. 6 Sept. 1808; a rider of race horses; well known in the hunting field; known as Barton Wallop, when he was supposed to be the heir to lord Portsmouth’s property; resided Northholme, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. d. Cheltenham 7 Dec. 1886. Baily’s Mag. xlvii 71 (1887).
POWLEY, Mary. b. 1812; author of Echoes of Old Cumberland, poems and translations 1875. d. Langwathby 23 Dec. 1882.
POWNALL, Assheton (3 son of James Pownall of Liverpool). b. 1823; educ. Harrow 1837, and at Brasenose coll. Oxf., B.A. 1845, M.A. 1848; C. of Edgmond, Shropshire 1845–7; R. of South Kilworth, Leicestershire 1847 to death; rural dean of Gartree 1867; hon. canon of Peterborough 1875–85; archdeacon of Leicester 1884; proctor for the diocese of Peterborough 1871, 1874, and 1880; visited many places in the Midland counties for Soc. for propagation of gospel in foreign parts; F.S.A. 7 Dec. 1865, and made contributions to the Proceedings; member of Numismatic Soc. April 1860, and a contributor to the Chronicle from 1861. d. while on a visit at Dover 25 Nov. 1886, memorial window in Kilworth church. Proc. of Soc. of Antiquaries xi 375 (1885–7); Numismatic Chronicle vii 1887, Proceedings 28–31.
POWNALL, John George Henry (eld. son of John Pownall, d. 1836). b. 2 Sept. 1792; a founder of Exeter hall, London 1831; a founder of the Record newspaper 1828; contested Finsbury 2 July 1834; contested Middlesex 31 July 1837; chairman of Middlesex bench of magistrates 1844 to 14 July 1870, when he was presented with a dessert service value 500 guineas; connected with numerous philanthropic and charitable societies; a knight of the order of St. John of Jerusalem 8 June 1859. d. 63 Russell sq. London 8 April 1880, portrait in Clerkenwell sessions house. The Record 12 April 1880 p. 3; Law Times lxviii 442 (1880); Times 9 April 1880 p. 1.
Note.—He moved at the annual meeting of the Anti-slavery society at the Freemason’s hall, London on 15 May 1830 ‘That from and after Jany. 1 1830 every slave born within the king’s dominions shall be free.’ Sir J. Stephen’s Anti-slavery recollections (1854) 121.
POWNEY, John (youngest son of Pennyston Portlock Powney of Maidenhead, d. 1794). Entered navy 1800; commanded the Cameleon revenue cutter 1818–21, occasionally attended George iii in his aquatic excursions; captain on h.p. 7 March 1853; K.H. 1 Jany. 1837; inspecting commander of coast guard at Aldborough 1831–4. d. St. Leonard’s, Exeter 27 Jany. 1855. G.M. xliii 644 (1855).