Alexander Powell
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 was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, matriculating on 26 May 1800 aged 17, graduating B.A. in 1804.
He served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire 1818–19 and Mayor of Wilton 1829–30.
The constituency of Downton was controlled by the Tory 2nd Earl of Radnor. In the 1826 general election, Radnor nominated Thomas Grimston Estcourt, a local squire recently elected MP for Oxford University in a by-election, and Robert Southey, the Tory poet laureate, as MPs for Downton. Neither took their seat: Estcourt continued to represent the university, while Southey, nominated without his knowledge and wishing to continue to live and write in the Lake District, declined the seat on the grounds that he did not meet the property qualification. Radnor therefore nominated his half-brother Bartholomew Bouverie and Alexander Powell, both Tories, who were returned in by-elections in December 1826. The 2nd Earl died in 1828, and was succeeded by his son the 3rd Earl of Radnor, a radical supporter of political reform. Powell offered to resign the seat, but the Earl, impressed by the offer, refused it. Powell stood down at the 1830 general election.
His residence was Hurdcott House, Baverstock, Wiltshire (not to be confused with the Hurdcott House in Winterbourne Earls).
He died on 25 December 1847, aged 65. His will was proved on 17 March 1848. Provided by Wikipedia
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A turning point : the role of “race politics” behind the downfall of secret societies in Malaya during the mid-19th century to late-19th century by Seow, Yu Da
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The advent of plastic and the gratuitous displacement of traditional food packaging in Singapore (1950s – 1990s) by Benedict, Claudia Marianne
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Diminishing trades in Singapore : the impact of Singapore's urban planning and economic-driven policies on traditional Chinese provision shops, 1950s-1990s by Kang, Kai Yu
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"We felt closer to nature" : an environmental history of Changi prisoner of war camp, 1942 - 1945 by Teo, Andre Mun Hoe
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Transformation of the Singapore River and its impact on Singaporean ecology, 1970's - present day by Tan, Ian
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History of horseshoe crabs by Nur Mus'Ifah Mustafah
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An environmental history of sharks in Southeast Asia by Muhammad Iskandar Shariff Eunos Shariff
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Lord Salvesen: the philanthropist's path to making sense of early twentieth-century Scotland by Khoo, Annabelle Yi Xian
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The power of the pen and the field: how American sports journalism helped shape race relations in the civil rights era by Dennis, Henry
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The quest for nation building : role of the Singapore government in the Singapore American School by Yong, Wei Kai
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The Gurkhas in Singapore : a study of the implications of Singapore’s construction of the ‘Martial’ Gurkha and restrictive control over information, 1949-1980 by Cheer, Dawn
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Medicalising childbirth : a historical contextualisation of childbirth in early modern Britain, depicting the rise of male involvement in childbirth and its resulting effect on the... by Quah, Sheryl
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Prison Ministry in Singapore from 1965 to 1985 : an alternative socio-cultural faith-based rehabilitation approach by Chin, Su Ling
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Reconstructing the history of National Service : confronting marginalisation from below by Tan, Chun Keong
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Jamu : the identification of female empowerment within Malay women in 20th century Singapore by Maizuriah Mohd Yasin
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Representations of Malay women in P.Ramlee films in Singapore from 1940 to 1960 by Sofea Lyana Kamusuri
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Divergent identities : the creation of Singapore’s nationalism by Teo, Harold Soon Wei
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