1 3 3 5 2 4 2 6 POWELL, Baden,
1 3 3 5 2 4 2 6 POWELL, Baden, Born 21 Nov 1767 in
Little St Helen London, Died 24 Jul
1844 in Speldhurst Kent at age 76;
Bap. 10.12.1767
High Sheriff of Kent 1831; J.P.
Successful gentleman farmer of
Tunbridge Wells
Owned in succession the estates of
Hollands, Broom Hill, Bentham Hill,
Langton Manor and Speldhurst
Elected to the Mercers' Company
1794, by redemption; Master 1822
SP POWELL, Hester, Born 31 Oct 1776
in St PeterLePoer London,
Married 21 Nov 1795 in St John's
Hackney for 48* years, Died 7
Jun 1848 in Speldhurst Kent at
age 71; Baden and Hester were
1st cousins; bap 27.12.76 St
Peter-le-Poer, London
1 3 3 5 2 4 2 6 1 POWELL, Rev. Prof. Baden, Born 22
Aug 1796 in Stamford Hill, Middx,
Died 11 Jun 1860 in Paddington at
age 63; d at 6 Stanhope St., Paddington.
educ Oriel Coll Oxford; BA 1817, 1st
class Honours in Mathematics MA 1820
Clerk in Holy Orders 1820 Curate, Midhurst;
Vicar of Plumstead, Kent 1821-27. 1827
aged 31 made Savilian Prof of Geometry,
Oxon, 1827; 1824 aged 27 Fellow of the
Royal Society, and later Vice President;
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Soc.
Pres. of the Royal Geogr. Soc.; Member
of Royal Univ Commission 1850; Played
the organ; painted and sketched. Drew
caricatures of his Oxford colleagues.
Wrote on mathematics, physics, theology
and philosophy and fought for the principle
acknowledging scientific advances were
compatible with Christian religion Following
Darwin's "Origin of Species" 1859 he
contributed one of seven essays in "Essays
and Reviews" 1860 This was violently
attacked, and the authors denounced as being
inspired by "the Evil One himself" "There was
some expectation of him becoming a Bishop,
before Essays and Reviews were published"
letter from his widow to her nephew
20.8.1909 Elected to the Mercer's Company
1822, by patrimony; bur 16.6.60 at Kensal
Green
SP SMYTH, Henrietta Grace, Born 3
Sep 1824 in 18 Buckingham Gate
SW1, Married 10 Mar 1846 in St.
Luke's, Chelsea for 14* years,
Died 13 Oct 1914 in 32 Prince's
Gate, W2 at age 90; All children
assumed the additional surname
Baden 30.4.02; lived at 81 St
George's Place, Hyde Pk Cnr
bur at Kensal Green
SP POPE, Charlotte, Married 27 Sep
1837 in Speldhurst. Kent for 7*
years, Died 14 Oct 1844; dau of
William Pope of Hillindene, Middx
bur at Speldhurst
SP RIVAZ, Eliza, Married 17 Jul
1821 in St John's Hackney for
14* years, Died 13 Mar 1836; dau
of Vincent Francis Rivaz of
Hackney
d.s.p.; bur St Peter's in the
East, Oxford
Their descendants are >here<
1 3 3 5 2 4 2 6 2 POWELL, Susanna, Born 17 Jan 1798,
Died 25 Mar 1885 at age 87
1 3 3 5 2 4 2 6 3 POWELL, Eleanor, Born 4 Oct 1803,
Died 30 Oct 1885 at age 82
1 3 3 5 2 4 2 6 4 POWELL, Charles, Born 30 Jul 1807,
Died 17 Mar 1885 at age 77; of
Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells
JP Kent
Elected Member of the Mercers'
Company 1832; Master 1853 & 1882
educ Trin Coll Oxford BA 29, MA 33
bur at Speldhurst
SP WATSON, Emily Ann, Married 28
Oct 1851 in Fillongley, Warks
for 33* years, Died 21 May 1890;
dau of James Eyre Watson of
Fillongley Grange, Warks
bur at Speldhurst
1 3 3 5 2 4 2 6 4 1 POWELL, George Baden, Born 26 Nov
1852, Died 27 Nov 1852 at age 0
1 3 3 5 2 4 2 6 4 2 POWELL, Charles Watson, Born 26 Nov
1852, Died 1936 at age 83; educ
Winchester 65-69; Merton Coll,
Oxford, BA 78, MA 78
Inner Temple; Union Club
A Mercer by Patrimony 1873; Master
1906 (7?)
DL JP for Kent, Chmn Petty Sessions
& Income Tax Commissioners
Manor House, Speldhurst, Kent
SP DRURY, Elizabeth (Constance),
Married 22 Aug 1888 in
Crowborough, Sussex for 47*
years; 2nd dau of Col.
Heber Drury
1 3 3 5 2 4 2 6 4 2 1 POWELL, Charles Baden Drury, Born
15 Sep 1889, Died 13 Aug 1916 in
kia Somme at age 26; educ Bedales;
Wye Agric Coll
Kent Cyclist Btn; 21st Middx Regt
bur Maroc Brit Cemetery Elected
Member of the Mercers' Company 1910
1 3 3 5 2 4 2 6 4 2 2 POWELL, Gerald (Frederick Watson),
Born 24 Apr 1891, Died 28 Jul 1917
in kia Hill 60 at age 26; educ
Harrow; Magdalen Coll Oxford
Conservative Club; Inner Temple
TA 11, 2nd Lt Kent Cyclist Btn,
Capt 14
Major, 8th Btn QOR West Kent Regt 17
bur Brit Mil Cem Dickebusch Elected
member of the Mercers' Company 1901
1 3 3 5 2 4 2 6 5 POWELL, Henry, Born 6 Mar 1809,
Died 18 May 1867 in Brighton at age
58;
Exeter College Oxford, BA 1831; MD
1839
Practised at Tunbridge Wells,
Coventry and Brighton
Professor of Physic, Gresham
College, London, 1867
Member of the Mercer's Company 1832
by patrimony
bur at Speldhurst
SP WATSON, Mary Sophia, Married 20
Jan 1842 in Tottenham for 25*
years, Died 28 Nov 1901 in
Crowborough; dau of James Eyre
Watson of Fillongley Grange,
Warks
Later of The Croft, Crowborough
d 1/6 ?
Their descendants are >here<
