Modern English biography

POWER, MARGUERITE A. (dau. of colonel Power and niece of Marguerite, countess of Blessington). _b._ about 1815; resided with her aunt at Gore house, Kensington to April 1849, when she went with her to Paris; edited The Keepsake 1851–7; contributed to the Irish metropolitan magazine, Forget-me-not, and Once a week; author of Evelyn Forester: a woman’s story 1856; The Foresters, 2 vols. 1858; The letters of a betrothed 1858, signed Honoria; Nelly Carew, 2 vols. 1859; Virginia’s hand, a poem 1860; Sweethearts and wives, 3 vols. 1861, 2 ed. 1861; Arabian days and nights, or rays from the east 1863; edited Country quarters by the Countess of Blessington 1850, with a memoir. _d._ July 1867. _Heath’s Book of beauty_ (1842) 135 _portrait_; _Athenæum 13 July 1867 p._ 54. POWER, MARY (widow of Nicholas Power of Snowhill and aunt of the right hon. R. L. Sheil). Resided at Bath; went to London to see the Great exhibition of 1851. _d._ the Ursuline convent, Cork 10 March 1853 aged 116. _The Constitution, Cork 17 March 1853 p._ 3. 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). POWNEY, RICHARD. _b._ 1785; 1 lieut. Bengal artillery 7 May 1805, lieut. col. 3 March 1835, colonel 12 July 1844 to death; principal commissary ordnance department 27 Nov. 1837 to 1843; L.G. 21 Sept. 1859. _d._ 23 Dec. 1864. POWRIE, THOMAS. _b._ Dundee 8 Feb. 1824; educ. Stirling’s school in Tay street; acted at the Yeaman Shore theatre 1844 as T. Power, and then in Prince’s theatre, Glasgow; first appeared theatre royal, Edinburgh as Hamlet 10 Oct. 1849; played at theatre royal, Castle st. Dundee as Hamlet Oct. 1849; acted Julian St. Pierre in The Wife, theatre royal, Edinb. 28 Jany. 1850, Rob Roy at the Adelphi 17 Jany. 1852, Clifford in the Hunchback 6 Nov. 1852, Romeo 15 Nov. 1852, Richelieu at the theatre royal 17 May 1854, and O’Grady in Arrah-Na-Pogue 8 March 1866; appeared as Rob Roy at Drury Lane, London 23 March 1867 one night only as he sprained his ankle; made his last appearances in the Dundee theatre royal as Rob Roy on 9 and 10 March 1868; played 6 nights at Drury lane March 1868; made his last appearance on any stage at Prince of Wales’, Glasgow April 1868; as Rob Roy he was thought to have no equal. _d._ 6 Union place, Edinburgh 27 Aug. 1868. _bur._ Western cemetery, Dundee 29 Aug. _J. C. Dibdin’s Edinburgh stage_ (1888) 408, 509; _Norrie’s Dundee celebrities_ (1873) 312–6; _Illust. sporting news iv_ 521 (1865) _portrait_, _vi_ 200 (1867) _portrait_. POWYS, HORATIO (3 son of 2 baron Lilford 1775–1825). _b._ 20 Nov. 1805; educ. Harrow 1813 and St. John’s coll. Camb.; M.A. 1826, D.D. 1854; R. of Warrington, Lancs. 1831–54; rural dean of Cheshire 1831–54; established the training college at Chester, and the institution for the education of the daughters of the clergy at Warrington; bishop of Sodor and Man 5 July 1854 to death, consecrated in York cathedral 25 July 1854; author of A pastoral letter to the congregation at Warrington 1848. _d._ Bewsey house, Bournemouth 31 May 1877. _bur._ Warrington 5 June. POWYS, WALTER NORMAN. _b._ Tichmarsh rectory, Northamptonshire 28 July 1849; educ. Pembroke coll. Camb.; famous as a fast left-handed bowler; played against Oxford 1871, 1872, and 1874, taking 24 Oxford wickets for 153 runs; played for the Gentlemen against the players at Lords 1872. _d._ at his residence, Queen’s Walk, Nottingham 8 Jany. 1892. POYNTER, AMBROSE (2 son of Ambrose Lyon Poynter). _b._ London 16 May 1796; employed by John Nash the architect 1814–8; travelled in Italy, Sicily, and the Ionian islands 1819–21; an architect at 1 Poet’s Corner, Westminster 1821–47, and at 12 Park st. Westminster 1847, retired 1860; built the church of St. Paul in the Hills road, Cambridge 1847; an original member of Royal institute of British architects 1834, and secretary 1840, 1841 and 1844, his anonymous essay On the introduction of iron in the construction of buildings, gained the institute’s silver medal 1842; designed the hospital and chapel of St. Katherine in the Regent’s park, London 1827, Christ Church, Westminster 1841, and the French protestant church in Bloomsbury st. 1845–6; designed Pynes, Devon for sir Stafford Northcote, Hodsock near Worksop, Notts. for Mrs. Chambers, and Castle Melgwy, South Wales; architect to National provincial bank of England; official referee to board of works; the first inspector for the provinces appointed in connection with the school of design at Somerset House, one of the committee of management to supervise the district schools of design 1848, inspector of the schools 1850; an original member of the Arundel society 1848, the Graphic society, and the Archæological institute 1843; made drawings to illustrate F. Sandford’s Genealogical history of England 1865; contributed illustrations to Knight’s Shakespeare 1851 and Pictorial history of England 1840, and the articles on literature, science and art to the latter work; author of An essay on the history and antiquities of Windsor castle, this is printed in sir J. Wyatville’s Illustrations of Windsor castle