Frederick Henry Yelverton Powys (22 July 1808 – 14 January 1863) was an English

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er who was associated with

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

and made his first-class debut in 1830. Powys was a grandson of Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford. He studied at

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...

, and after graduating became a Church of England priest, but he held no

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1808 births 1863 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 Cambridge University cricketers Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge 19th-century English Anglican priests {{England-cricket-bio-1800s-stub