Tuesday, 21 January 2014
400 John Powell
Constituency : Gloucester 1862-5
John was the other Liberal returned at Gloucester in 1862.
John was born locally and became a barrister.
After vacating Gloucester in 1865 John stood unsuccessfully at Weymouth in 1868 . In 1873 he tried to stand for Gloucester again at a by-election but was out manoeuvred by Thomas Robinson (who lost ) . He did get to stand in 1874 but failed to dislodge the Tory.
In 1890 John published Glocestriana , a compendium of facts and anecdotes about the city.
He died suddenly in 1891 aged 75.
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