Sir Christopher Powell, 4th Baronet (c. 1690–1742), of Wierton House, in

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, Kent, was a British Whig politician who sat in the

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from 1735 to 1741. Powell was the second son of Barnham Powell and his wife Elizabeth Clitherow, daughter of James Clitherow of Boston, Middlesex and grandson of Sir Nathaniel Powell, 2nd Baronet of Wierton. He succeeded his brother to the

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in 1708. He matriculated at Queen's, Oxford on 15 July 1709, aged 19. In. 1728, he married Frances Newington. Powell was returned unopposed as a Whig

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for

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on 19 February 1735 in succession to Lord Vane. He voted with the Opposition. He did not stand in

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. Powell died without issue on 5 July 1742. His tomb, sculpted by

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lies in Boughton Monchelsea.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Sir Christopher, 4th Baronet 1690s births 1742 deaths British MPs 1734–1741 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of England People from Boughton Monchelsea