David Thomas Powell

David Thomas Powell (1772/73 – 9 June 1848 ) was an English clergyman and antiquary.

Born in Tottenham, the son of Thomas Powell, an occasional poet, Powell became a Lieutenant in the 14th Light Dragoons; he left a manuscript account of his 1794 experiences in Cork, Flanders and Brabant. He later entered Magdalen College, Oxford, receiving a B.C.L. in June 1805.

Powell died in 1848 aged 75, in Tottenham and was buried in the churchyard of St Nicholas Church, Loughton. contained two ancient manuscripts sold for over £100 each: an illuminated book of hours, executed for George van Egmond, Bishop of Utrecht, and a psalter from the monastery of "Farehow". Most of his wealth was left to the London Hospital, which used it to build a new medical school in 1854.