Background
Powell was born at Hornsey, the son of Review Robert Walter Powell, and his wife Mary Caroline Hankey.
Powell was born at Hornsey, the son of Review Robert Walter Powell, and his wife Mary Caroline Hankey.
He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Pitt Club.
He rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1906, 1907 and 1908. 6 in front of him. During World War I Powell served as Squadron Commander in the Royal Flying Corps and later the R.A.F.
Powell was a house master and art teacher at Eton, and was himself a painter of watercolours. He was also a mountaineer and met his death at Pontresina in an Alpine accident on Piz Roseg.
Cyril Alington, headmaster of Eton wrote.
Powell"s sister Ellen married fellow Olympian Harold Barker.