Henry William Powlett, 3rd Baron Bayning, styled The Honourable until 1823, was a British peer and clergyman.
Background
Born Henry Townshend in London, he was the second son of Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning, son of William Townshend and his wife Henrietta Powlett. His mother was Annabella Smith-Powlett, daughter of Reverend Richard Smith and Annabella Powlett.
Education
He was educated at Eton College and when then to Street John"s College, Cambridge, graduating with a Master of Arts in 1818.
Career
He was appointed rector of Brome, Suffolk in 1821. He was nominated rural dean of the diocese Norwich in 1844 and three years thereafter resigned the rectory. Powlett was reappointed to his former post in Honingham in the county of Norfolk in 1851, becoming also vicar of East Tudenham.
He lived at Honingham Hall in Norfolk.
Powlett married Emma, only daughter of William Henry Fellowes, in 1842. Their only son, the Honorary
Powlett died two years later, in August 1866, aged 69. Upon his death the barony became extinct.