Joseph Powell-Williams

Joseph Powell-Williams

Joseph Powell-Williams PC (18 November 1840-7 February 1904), was a British politician and a close political associate of Joseph Chamberlain.

Powell-Williams was at first active in local politics in Birmingham. In 1885 he entered Parliament for Birmingham South as a Liberal. However, he joined a group of mainly Birmingham based MP's, led by Joseph Chamberlain. These MPs disagreed with William Gladstone on a number of issues, particularly his Irish policies, and had created the Liberal Unionists in 1886. He served in the Unionist administration of Lord Salisbury as Financial Secretary to the War Office from 1895 to 1901 and was sworn of the Privy Council in November 1901.

In February 1904 Powell-Williams suffered a stroke in the lobby of the House of Commons from which he later died, aged 63.

References

* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Joseph_Chamberlain Article on Joseph Chamberlain at 1911encyclopedia.org]


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