Background
Born at Eldon, County Down, he was the son of William Taylor Power by his wife, Cecilia née Burgoyne.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Born at Eldon, County Down, he was the son of William Taylor Power by his wife, Cecilia née Burgoyne.
The family moved to London when he was aged 10. As a young man he travelled extensively in Europe and North America. Power subsequently started his own real estate business, becoming a wealthy developer owning much property in central London including Adastral House in the redeveloped Kingsway.
Power became known for his generous financial gifts to various institutions.
Of £24,000 collected to allow the construction of the Institute of Historical Research in 1921, Power gave £20,000. In 1923 he gave a large donation that allowed for the purchase of the site of Chatham House as the headquarters of the Institute of International Affairs.
Power was Honorary Treasurer of the Institute from 1921 to 1943. In 1924, Power was created a baronet, of Newlands Manor, in the Parish of Milford, in the County of Southampton.
Lady Power died suddenly in the same year, a loss that affected him deeply.
His retirement years were spent at his Hampshire home and a villa at Grasse on the French Riviera. He died in France in 1950, aged 79.
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He was also an active member of the League of Nations Union, sitting on its executive for seven years and also on various committees.
He was a committee member of the Royal Humane Society and donated a site for the first headquarters of the British Council. In the general election in same year he was elected as Member of Parliament for Wimbledon, holding the seat until his retirement due to ill health at the 1945 general election.