Background
POWELL, Francis Sharp was born on June 29, 1827.
POWELL, Francis Sharp was born on June 29, 1827.
Studied at St. John’s College Cambridge.
Gate Fellow, Master of Arts). Barrister Inner Temple, 1853. Member of Parliament (Conservative) Cambridge, 1863-1868.
Northern Division of West Riding, Yorkshire, 1872-1874. Member of Royal Commission on Sanitation. 1st Baronet, cartulary-register 1892; Justice of the Peace; Member of Parliament (Conservative) Wigan since 1885, and 1857-1859.
Conservative.
Clubs: Athenaeum, Carlton, Oxford and Cambridge, St. Stephen’s.
