623 John Power

Constituency : County  Wexford  1868-74

John  succeeded  his  father  in  the  seat.

The  Powers  had  started  out  as  whiskey  distillers  but  had  moved  into  banking  and  railways  under  his  father. John  also  had  a  large  estate.  He  was  a  Catholic.

John  inherited  his  father's  baronetcy  in  1877.

He  died  in  1901  aged  56.