POWELL, PETER. _b._ about 1779; wrote many songs which he sang;
wrote for John Parry Of the married state I sing 1845; his
imitations of an oratorio and of a melodrama were extraordinary.
_d._ Bayswater, London 20 May 1855.
POWELL, RICHARD ASHMORE. _b._ 1816; cadet R.N. 24 Dec. 1831,
captain 8 March 1855, retired 6 July 1871; V.A. 21 March 1878;
served against the Riff pirates 1851; commanded the Vesuvius in
Crimean war 1854, medal; knight commander of Charles iii for
attempting to rescue a Spanish ship from Moorish pirates 1856;
knight of legion of honour; C.B. 5 July 1855; commodore in the
Pacific 1866–71; nautical assessor under Merchant shipping act