John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford

John Powys
Born 12 January 1863
Lilford Hall
Died 17 December 1945 (1945-12-18) (aged 82)
Kettering
Nationality British
Other names John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford
Known for 5th Baron Lilford

John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford (12 January 1863 – 17 December 1945) was a British peer and cricketer

Biography

Powys was born at Lilford Hall, Northamptonshire, the son of ornithologist Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford and his wife Emma Elizabeth Powys (née Brandling).

He inherited the title of Lord Lilford in 1896 upon the death of his father along with the Lilford Hall, Bank Hall and Bewsey estates.

He was an officer in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) until he resigned with the honorary rank of Major on 4 June 1902.[1]

Powys played cricket for Northamptonshire in 1911, making a single first-class appearance against the touring India national cricket team at the County Ground, Northampton.[2]

Family

He married Milly Isabella Louisa Soltau-Symons on 9 Aug 1894 at Plympton St Mary, Devon. The Lilfords used the Bank Hall estate as a holiday home until 1898.[3] Lady Lilford died on 8 April 1940 at Oundle. He died in Kettering on 17 December 1945 and was buried on 21 December 1945 at St Peters Church, Lilford cum Wigsthorpe, Northamptonshire.[4] Their only child Thomas Atherton Powys (8 May 1896 – 3 Aug 1909) died aged 13 during an operation for adenoids.[5]

The estates and title of Lord Lilford passed to Stephen Powys who was the godson of Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford and adoptive brother of John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford.[6]

Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Thomas Powys		 Baron Lilford
1896–1945 		Succeeded by
Stephen Powys

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27439. p. 3611. 3 June 1902.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Lord Lilford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  3. ↑ J Howard (2012) "Bank Hall Timeline", http://bankhallbretherton.webs.com/bankhalltimeline.htm
  4. ↑ Tim Powys-Lybbe (2011) "John Powys Lord Lilford", http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/ps09/ps09_419.html
  5. ↑ Tim Powys-Lybbe (2011) "Thomas Atherton Powys", http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/ps09/ps09_423.html
  6. ↑ Tim Powys-Lybbe (2011) "Thomas Littleton Powys Lord Lilford", http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/ps09/ps09_381.html
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