About Alexander Powell
Lived 1782 – 1847 (aged 65). Alexander Powell was a British politician.
Alexander Powell (9 June 1782 – 25 December 1847) was a British Tory politician, who sat as Member of Parliament for Downton from 1826 to 1830.
Powell was the son of Francis Powell and his wife Anna Maria Burrough, daughter of Sydenham Borough.
He served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire 1818–19 and Mayor of Wilton 1829–30.
His residence was Hurdcott House, Baverstock, Wiltshire His will was proved on 17 March 1848.
Family On 7 July 1807, Powell married Joanna Law, daughter of George Henry Law, Bishop of Bath and Wells. They had the following children: Edward Powell (1816), died in infancy Charles Powell (1819), died in infancy Henry Lionel Powell (d. 1837), died in childhood
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