Sir John Power, 1st Baronet

Sir John Cecil Power, 1st Baronet, (21 December 1870 – 5 June 1950) was a British export merchant, developer and Conservative politician at national level for 21 years then choosing not to seek re-election at the age of 74.

Working life and legacies Born at Eldon, County Down, he was the son of William Taylor Power by his wife, Cecilia née Burgoyne. In the general election in the same year he was elected as Member of Parliament for Wimbledon, holding the seat until his retirement due to ill health at the 1945 general election. Lady Power died suddenly in the same year, a loss that affected him deeply. His retirement years were spent at his Hampshire home and a villa at Grasse on the French Riviera. He had sold Newlands Manor house before his death. He died in France in 1950, aged 79.

Sir John was succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son, Ivan McLannahan Cecil Power, a London County Councillor and director of various companies. Ivan had, by his first wife Nancy, daughter of Rev. John Griffiths: John Power (3rd baronet) and Hilary, later Lady Cardross then from 1984 therefore Countess of Buchan settled at Newnham House, Hampshire.