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POWELL, Sir Christopher, 4th Bt. (?1690-1742), of Wierton House, in Boughton Monchelsea, Kent.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Dates
19 Feb. 1735 - 1741
Family and Education
b. ?1690, 2nd s. of Barnham Powell by Elizabeth, da. of James Clitherow of Boston, Mdx.; gd.-s. of Sir Nathaniel Powell, 2nd Bt., of Wierton. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 15 July 1709, aged 19. m. 1728, Frances Newington, s.p. suc. bro. as 4th Bt. 1708.
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Returned unopposed as a Whig in succession to Lord Vane, Powell voted with the Opposition. He did not stand in 1741, dying 5 July 1742.
