John Joseph Powell

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John Joseph Powell (1816 – 15 September 1891), was a British barrister, and Member of Parliament for Gloucester, 1862–1865.

Life

He was eldest son of Thomas Powell of Gloucester, and was born there 3 September 1816. He entered Middle Temple 28 May 1842, was called to the bar 16 April 1847, and went the Oxford circuit. He became a Queen's Counsel 3 February 1863, Bencher of his Inn 13 November 1863, and Treasurer 1876.

Powell sat as MP for Gloucester February 1862-5, and unsuccessfully contested Weymouth 1868, and Gloucester 1874.

He was Recorder of Wolverhampton from 21 May 1864 to 1891, and a Judge of County Courts for the West Riding of Yorkshire (circuit No. 14) from 9 April 1884 until 1885, and Greenwich (circuit No. 47) October 1885 till his death.

He died unmarried, suddenly, while on a visit at Widmore Lodge, Bickley, 15 September 1891, aged 75.^[1]

Notes

↑ William Retlaw Williams,The Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester (1898); http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924030494953#page/n229/mode/2up

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Philip Price Charles James Monk	Member of Parliament for Gloucester 1862–1865 With: Hon. Charles Berkeley	Succeeded by William Philip Price Charles James Monk

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Name	Powell, John Joseph
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1816
Place of birth
Date of death	15 September 1891
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