William Edward Powell

William Edward Powell

William Edward Powell (February 16 1788 — April 10 1854) was a British Lord Lieutenant and Member of Parliament.

He was the eldest son of Thomas Powell, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He became the Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire in 1817, and was made High Sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1810. [ [http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-POWE-NAN-1650.html National Library of Wales: Dictionary of Welsh Biography] ] In 1816 he was returned to Parliament as a Conservative upon the death of Thomas Johnes, where he sat for eleven successive parliaments without a single competitor. [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=beUa1m_kZ2MC&pg=PA648&lpg=PA648&dq=%22William+Edward+Powell%22+MP&source=web&ots=toBxuFSXd2&sig=MmDxidalVbXc5wRK05QnY1FKLuc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA648,M1 the Gentlemans Magazine] ]

He married Laura-Edwyna Phelp in 1810, and had two sons:
*William Thomas Rowland Powell (August 4 1815 – May 1878)
*Cornelius Powell

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