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Joshua Powell of Bristol

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1834

Biography

Bristol merchant, with diverse interests including wool trading and distilling, and former slave-trader, co-owner of the Bedminster and Eden estates on Dominica until the mid-1820s with Thomas Powell, probably his brother Thomas Hungerford Powell.

  1. Will of Joshua Powell of Bristol and the parish of Brislington proved 30/10/1834. In his will he said he had advanced 拢10,000 to each of his three daughters in anticipation of their marrying, and he left the rest of his property in trust to raise 拢10,000 for each of his two sons Joshua and Timothy Powell. The will identified his brother as Thomas Hungerford Powell. Joshua Powell's grandson Walter Rice Howell Powell (1819-1889) was MP for Carmathenshire 1880-1885 and then West Carmathenshire 1885-1889.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1837/354; [accessed 16/02/2016].

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Occupation
Merchant

Associated Estates (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
Bedminster [ Dominica ]
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
Eden [ Dominica ]

Relationships (1)

Joshua Powell of Bristol
Brothers
Thomas Hungerford Powell
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Addresses (1)

Brislington, Somerset, South-west England, England
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