Sir Thomas Powell, 1st Baronet (c. 1665 – 22 August 1720), of Broadway,

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and

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, was a

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lawyer and politician. He was the only son of the Carmarthenshire judge Sir John Powell, of Pentre Meyrick, Llanwrda and Broadway and was educated at

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. He studied law at the

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from 1681, was

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in 1687 and made reader in 1702. He became recorder of Oswestry in 1698 and attorney-general on the Carmarthen circuit from 1695 to 1715. He was created a baronet in 1698. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

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from 1705 to 1708. In the

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he was MP for

from 1710 to 1715. He married twice; firstly Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Mansel of Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, and secondly Judith, the daughter and heiress of

Sir James Herbert Sir James Herbert (c.1644 – 6 June 1709), of Coldbrook Park, near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, was a Welsh politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Monmouth Boroughs Monmouth Boroughs (also known as the Monmout ...

, of Coldbrook Park. He left a son, who died a year after himself, and several daughters.

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1665 births 1720 deaths People from Abergavenny People from Carmarthenshire Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Members of the Middle Temple Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1705–1707 British MPs 1707–1708 British MPs 1710–1713 British MPs 1713–1715 {{England-baronet-stub