Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameHorace Powys 
[35, FIL No 1468989], [36]
[35, FIL No 1468989], [36]Birth19 Dec 1835, The Rectory, Warrington, Lancs
Baptism18 Jun 1836, St Elphin, Warrington, Lancs
Death24 Jul 1857, On H.M.S Alarm, off Panama (of fever)
General1st s. In Royal Navy.
FatherRt Rev Horatio Powys Bishop of Sodor and Man (1805-1877)
MotherPercy Gore Currie (1805-1886)
Never married
Notes for Horace Powys
His baptism register image, thanks Ancestry, transcript by me:
“ Bishop’s Transcripts > Warrington > 1830-1839
“ [ Page 230 ]
“BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Warrington
“ in the County of Lancaster
“ In the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty six
“. . . .
When Baptized: “1836 June 10
Np: “518
Child’s Forename: “Horace
Parents’ Forenames: “Horatio & Percy
Parents’ Surname: “Powys
Abode: “Rectory
Profession: “Clerk
Celebrant: “Horace Powys
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No death record on FreeBMD; at sea?
No will found, though he was on an estate duty index of 1858.
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Geo Barron wrote in his account of the family:
“Horace Powys, born 19 ~DEc. 1835. He was an officer in the Royal Navy, and died of fever 24 July 1857 on board H.M.S. Alarm at Panama.”
(from VCH Northants Genealogy Volume, published Constable, London, 1906.)
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Nothing found in London Gazette for him.
He was found in the Navy List of 20 June 1856, published by John Murray, as one of two Mates on HMS Alarm with seniority of 10 Aug 1955, page 138.
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“ Bishop’s Transcripts > Warrington > 1830-1839
“ [ Page 230 ]
“BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Warrington
“ in the County of Lancaster
“ In the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty six
“. . . .
When Baptized: “1836 June 10
Np: “518
Child’s Forename: “Horace
Parents’ Forenames: “Horatio & Percy
Parents’ Surname: “Powys
Abode: “Rectory
Profession: “Clerk
Celebrant: “Horace Powys
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No death record on FreeBMD; at sea?
No will found, though he was on an estate duty index of 1858.
_______________________
Geo Barron wrote in his account of the family:
“Horace Powys, born 19 ~DEc. 1835. He was an officer in the Royal Navy, and died of fever 24 July 1857 on board H.M.S. Alarm at Panama.”
(from VCH Northants Genealogy Volume, published Constable, London, 1906.)
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Nothing found in London Gazette for him.
He was found in the Navy List of 20 June 1856, published by John Murray, as one of two Mates on HMS Alarm with seniority of 10 Aug 1955, page 138.
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