The Descendants of John Powys, born circa 1430-1445.

101. Thomas POWYS [110189] (Thomas⁸⁷, Thomas Kt.Bach. M.P. (Sir)⁵⁷, Thomas of Henley³⁶, Thomas of Snitton¹², William⁴, James², John¹) was born on 24 Sep 1719 and died on 2 Apr 1767 at age 47.

General Notes: In a Document received from Timothy Powys-Lybbe in June 2017, he stated that,
Thomas was an only Son, and Heir to his Great-Uncle, Littleton Powys.

Thomas married Henrietta SPENCE [110228], daughter of Thomas SPENCE [110229] and Ann BARRETT [110230], on 18 Nov 1740 in Oxford Chapel Vere Street Marylebone Middlesex England. Henrietta died in 1771.

+ 119 M iv. Rev. Littleton POWYS [110232] was born on 15 Jun 1748, died in 1825 in Thrapston Northamptonshire England at age 77, and was buried in Thorpe Achurch [Parish] Northamptonshire England.

102. Anne CARTHEW [110191] (Sarah POWYS⁹², Thomas Kt.Bach. M.P. (Sir)⁵⁷, Thomas of Henley³⁶, Thomas of Snitton¹², William⁴, James², John¹) was born in Jun 1712 and died on 8 Sep 1767 at age 55.

Anne married John NORRIS [110236]. John was born circa 1711 and died on 9 Oct 1734 aged about 23.

+ 120 M i. John NORRIS [110237] was born circa 1734 and died on 5 Jan 1777 aged about 43.

105. Philip Lybbe POWYS [81186] (Philip⁹⁴, Thomas Kt.Bach. M.P. (Sir)⁵⁷, Thomas of Henley³⁶, Thomas of Snitton¹², William⁴, James², John¹) was born on 26 Oct 1734 in Whitchurch-on-Thames Oxfordshire England and died on 12 Apr 1809 in Fawley Berkshire England at age 74.

• birth: at Hardwick House, 26 Oct 1734, Whitchurch-on-Thames Oxfordshire England.

Philip married Caroline GIRLE [81189], daughter of John GIRLE [81190], on 5 Aug 1762 in St Mary's Whitchurch-on-Thames Oxfordshire England. Caroline was born on 27 Dec 1738 and died on 7 Nov 1817 at age 78.

121 F i. Caroline POWYS [110057] was born in 1763 in Whitchurch-on-Thames Oxfordshire England and died in 1764 in Whitchurch-on-Thames Oxfordshire England at age 1.

+ 122 M ii. Philip Lybbe POWYS Jun. [81185] was born on 22 Apr 1765 in Whitchurch-on-Thames Oxfordshire England and died on 11 Mar 1838 in Whitchurch-on-Thames Oxfordshire England at age 72.

+ 123 M iii. Rev. Thomas POWYS [110058] was born on 29 Sep 1768 in Whitchurch-on-Thames Oxfordshire England and died on 17 Aug 1817 in Fawley Buckinghamshire England at age 48.

+ 124 F iv. Caroline Isabella POWYS [81191] was born on 5 Feb 1775 and died 3 Qtr 1838 in Burton-upon-Trent Staffordshire England at age 63.

109. Thomas HILL M.P. [110203] (Thomas HILL⁹⁵, Anne POWYS⁶⁰, Thomas of Henley³⁶, Thomas of Snitton¹², William⁴, James², John¹) was born in Sep 1721 and died on 23 Aug 1776 at age 54.

Thomas married Lucy ROCKE [110238], daughter of Francis ROCKE [110239], on 29 Dec 1757. Lucy died in Feb 1797.

125 F i. Lucy HILL [110240] was born on 1 May 1762 and died on 15 Mar 1855 in Barnstaple Devon England at age 92.

110. Mary POWYS [110208] (Richard MP⁹⁷, Richard⁶⁴, Thomas of Henley³⁶, Thomas of Snitton¹², William⁴, James², John¹) died on 3 Jan 1810 in Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey England.

• Death: in a Residence on Ham Common, 3 Jan 1810, Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey England.

Mary married James STOPFORD 2nd Earl of Courtown, MP, KP, PC [110252] in 1762 in St George's Hanover Square London England. James was born on 28 May 1731 and died on 30 Mar 1810 in Teddington Gloucestershire England at age 78.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of James Stopford:-
James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown KP, PC (Ire) (28 May 1731 '96 30 March 1810), known as Viscount Stopford from 1762 to 1770, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Tory politician.

Courtown was the eldest son of James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown, and his wife Elizabeth (née Smith), and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[1]

He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Taghmon in 1761, a seat he held until 1768, and later sat as a Member of the British House of Commons for Great Bedwyn in 1774 and for Marlborough from 1780 to 1793. Between 1784 and 1793 he served as Treasurer of the Household under William Pitt the Younger. Courtown was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick in 1783 and admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1784. In 1796 he was further honoured when he was created Baron Saltersford, of Saltersford in the County of Chester, in the Peerage of Great Britain.[1]

James, Edward and Robert. (Samuel Shelley, 1774)
Lord Courtown married Mary, daughter of Richard Powys, in 1762. They had four sons, who all gained distinction, and a daughter.[1] Their second son the Hon. Sir Edward Stopford (1766'961837) was a Lieutenant-General in the Army. Their third son the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford (1768'961874) was an Admiral of the Red. Their fourth son Reverend the Hon. Richard Bruce Stopford (1774'961844) was Canon of Windsor and Chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Lady Courtown died in January 1810. Lord Courtown only survived her by three months and died in March 1810, aged 78. He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son James, who also became a prominent Tory politician.

and in a Document received from Timothy Powys-Lybbe, he stated that,
James was Lord of the Bedchamber to the then Prince of Wales.

+ 127 M i. James George STOPFORD 3rd Earl of Courtown [110253] was born on 15 Aug 1765 in Berkeley Square Mayfair Middlesex England and died on 15 Jun 1835 in Windsor Castle Berkshire England at age 69.

129 M iii. Admiral Sir Robert STOPFORD [110256] was born in 1768 and died in 1874 at age 106.

+ 131 M v. Rev. Richard Bruce STOPFORD [110255] was born circa 1774, was baptised on 2 Mar 1774 in Westminster Middlesex England, and died on 12 Dec 1844 in Greenwich Kent England aged about 70.

111. Elizabeth POWYS [110207] (Richard MP⁹⁷, Richard⁶⁴, Thomas of Henley³⁶, Thomas of Snitton¹², William⁴, James², John¹) was born on 17 Apr 1736 and died on 1 May 1826 in Mayfair London England at age 90.

Elizabeth married Thomas TOWNSHEND Viscount Sydney [110242], son of Hon. Thomas TOWNSHEND [110243] and Albinia SELWYN [110244], on 19 May 1760 in St George's Hanover Square London England. Thomas was born on 24 Feb 1733 in Raynham Norfolk England and died on 30 Jun 1800 in Chislehurst Kent England at age 67.

General Notes: Of Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney, Wikipedia says:
Townshend was elected to the House of Commons in 1754 as Whig member for Whitchurch in Hampshire, and held that seat till his elevation to the peerage in 1783. He initially aligned himself with his great-uncle the Duke of Newcastle, but later joined William Pitt the Elder in opposition to George Grenville.

He held the offices of Clerk of the Household to the Prince of Wales (1756-60) and Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1761 to 1762. In 1765 he was also made a Lord of the Treasury in the first Rockingham ministry and continued in that office in the Pitt (then Lord Chatham) administration until December 1767, when he became a member of the Privy Council and joint-Paymaster of the Forces. During the ministry of Lord Chatham and the Duke of Grafton he supported the position his cousin Charles Townshend was in with regard to the American revenue program. Townshend was forced out of office in June 1768 by Grafton who wanted Rigby as Paymaster of the Forces to gain favour with the Duke of Bedford.[2]

Townshend remained in opposition until the end of Lord North's ministry and spoke frequently in the House of Commons against the American war. Although he had no close party connection, he was inclined toward the Chathamites. He took office again as secretary at war in the second Rockingham ministry. When Lord Shelburne became Prime Minister in July 1782, Townshend succeeded him as Home Secretary and became Leader of the House of Commons.

Among the matters requiring attention that he inherited from Shelburne was a scheme for attacking the Spanish possessions in South America. A memorandum which Shelburne wrote to him at this time listing matters requiring his urgent attention said: "Preparations and Plans for W. India [Spanish America]. Expeditions require to be set forward'97Major Dalrymple has a Plan against the Spanish Settlements".[3] For assistance in planning the expedition, Townshend turned to Captain Arthur Phillip.[4] The plan drawn up by Phillip and approved by Townshend in September 1782 was for a squadron of three ships of the line and a frigate to mount a raid on Buenos Aires and Monte Video, from there to proceed to the coasts of Chile, Peru and Mexico to maraud, and ultimately to cross the Pacific to join the British East Indian squadron for an attack on Manila, the capital of the Spanish Philippines.[5] The expedition sailed on 16 January 1783, under the command of Commodore Sir Robert Kingsmill.[6] Phillip was given command of one of the ships of the line, the 64-gun HMS Europa, or Europe.[7] Shortly after sailing an armistice was concluded between Great Britain and Spain. Phillip took the Europe to India to join the British East Indian squadron, but after his return to England in April 1784, remained in close contact with Townshend (now Lord Sydney) and the Home Office Under Secretary, Evan Nepean. From October 1784 to September 1786 he was employed by Nepean, who was in charge of the Secret Service relating to the Bourbon Powers, France and Spain, to spy on the French naval arsenals at Toulon and other ports.[8]

Townshend was created Baron Sydney of Chislehurst and entered the House of Lords on 6 March 1783.[9] He originally proposed his title be Baron Sidney, in honour of his kinsman, the renowned opponent of royal tyranny, Algernon Sidney, however he was worried that other members of his family might have claims on it and then suggested Sydenham, the name of a village near his home in Kent, before settling on Sydney.[10] He opposed the Fox-North coalition and returned to political office with Pitt, serving as Home Secretary from 1783 to 1789.

In Canada, Sydney, Nova Scotia on Cape Breton Island (now the province of Nova Scotia), was founded by British Col. Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres in 1785, and named in honour of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (Home Secretary in the British cabinet at the time). Lord Sydney appointed Col. DesBarres governor of the new colony of Cape Breton Island.

Following the loss of the North American colonies, Sydney, as Home Secretary in the Pitt Government, was given responsibility for devising a plan to settle convicts at Botany Bay. His choice of Arthur Phillip as Governor was inspired and Phillip's leadership was instrumental in ensuring the penal colony survived the early years of struggle and famine. On 26 January 1788, Phillip named Sydney Cove in honour of Sydney and the settlement became known as Sydney Town. In 1789 Townshend was created Viscount Sydney.

Although the colonisation of New South Wales was just one among many responsibilities of the Secretary of State, Sydney was recognised as the "Originator of the Plan of Colonization for New South Wales" by David Collins, who dedicated his Account of the English Colony in New South Wales with these words. Collins wrote that Sydney's "benevolent Mind" had led him "to conceive this Method of redeeming many Lives that might be forfeit to the offended Laws; but which, being preserved under salutary Regulations, might afterward become useful to Society"; and to Sydney's "Patriotism the Plan presented a Prospect of commercial and political Advantage". In choosing the name "Sydney" when he was raised to the peerage in 1783, Thomas Townshend demonstrated his pride in descent from the Sidney family, who had been eminent opponents of Stuart absolutism. Sydney thought of himself as a Whig, by which he meant he was opposed to any increase in the power and authority of the Royal prerogative. The name "Sydney" (with special reference to Algernon Sydney, d.1683) was a synonym in the eighteenth century political lexicon for opposition to tyranny and absolutism. It is probable that Sydney was aware of his distinguished ancestor, Algernon Sidney's characterisation of the founders of imperial Rome: "Thus we find a few Men assembling together upon the Banks of the Tiber, resolv'd to build a City, and set up a Government among themselves".[11] Sydney was responsible for giving the new colony a constitution and judicial system suitable for a colony of free citizens rather than a prison.[12] Phillip's second commission of 2 April 1787 made him governor of a colony with a civil government, not of a penal settlement with a military government. The Governor's commission, together with the colony's charter of justice establishing the legal regime, brought into existence in New South Wales a colony whose inhabitants enjoyed all the rights and duties of English law, where slavery was illegal.[13]

Sydney's reputation has suffered at the hands of the nationalist school of Australian historians, such as Manning Clark. In his influential A History of Australia (Melbourne University Press 1961) Clark wrote: "Mr Thomas Townshend, commonly denominated Tommy Townshend, owed his political career to a very independent fortune and a considerable parliamentary interest, which contributed to his personal no less than his political elevation, for his abilities, though respectable, scarcely rose above mediocrity." Other writers have portrayed Sydney as a cruel monster for dispatching the unfortunate convicts to the far side of the earth.

Frognal House by George Shepherd appears in Thomas Ireland's History of Kent published c. 1830.
In fact, Sydney was, by the standards of his time, an enlightened and progressive politician. He did not support the American Revolution but was a strong opponent of the war which he thought was pointless and needlessly prolonged during Lord North's ministry. As Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary he was heavily involved in the development of Canada and the settling of fleeing refugees from the intolerant rebels. The city of Sydney in Nova Scotia is named after him in memory of his efforts on behalf of the loyalist settlers of Canada. In a parallel situation for the Royal Townships of the yet-to-formed colony of Upper Canada the thoughfares of the United Empire Loyalist settlement of Cornwall, Ontario were, in 1784, named Pitt Street and Sydney Street in honour of the prime minister and his foreign secretary.

More recently Sydney's reputation has been revisited by Australian historians. Alan Atkinson wrote in The Europeans in Australia (Oxford University Press, 1997): "Townshend was an anomaly in the British Cabinet, and his ideas were in some ways old-fashioned... He had long been interested in the way in which the empire might be a medium for British liberties, traditionally understood." He took the view that convicts should be given the chance to redeem themselves through self-government in penal colonies such as New South Wales. Governor Phillip's well-known statement that "There will be no slavery in a new country and hence no slaves" is an accurate reflection of Sydney's philosophy.

132 F i. Mary Elizabeth TOWNSHEND [110245] was born on 2 Sep 1762 in Mayfair London England and died in May 1821 at age 58.

Mary married Earl John PITT of Chatham [110246], son of Earl William PITT of Chatham [110247] and Hester [110248]. John was born on 9 Oct 1756 in Hayes [Bromley] Kent England and died on 24 Sep 1835 in Mayfair London England at age 78.

General Notes: A brief Note in Wikipedia says,
General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, KG PC was a British soldier and politician. He is best known for commanding the disastrous Walcheren Campaign of 1809. Chatham was the eldest son of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.

• Death: at Charles Street [Berkley Square], 24 Sep 1835, Mayfair London England.

+ 133 M ii. John Thomas TOWNSHEND 2nd Viscount Sydney [110249] was born circa Feb 1764, was baptised on 21 Feb 1764 in St James' Middlesex England, and died on 20 Jan 1831 in Chislehurst Kent England aged about 66.

+ 134 F iii. Frances TOWNSHEND [110250] was born on 20 Feb 1772, was baptised in St James' Middlesex England, and died on 13 Aug 1854 in Barrington Park Little Barrington Gloucestershire England at age 82.

+ 135 F iv. Hon. Harriett Catherine TOWNSHEND [110251] was born on 29 Nov 1773, died on 24 Apr 1819 in Hawick Roxburghshire Scotland at age 45, and was buried in St Edmund's Warkton Northamptonshire England.

112. John POWYS [110219] (Thomas¹⁰⁰, Thomas⁷⁹, Thomas⁴⁵, John of Snitton¹⁷, William⁴, James², John¹) died in Jun 1753.

John married Jane LYSTER [110258], daughter of Thomas LYSTER [110259] and Elizabeth BEAW [110260]. Jane died on 13 Mar 1760.

136 M i. Thomas POWYS [110261] was born circa 1733 and died on 14 Sep 1774 in Hardwicke Shropshire England aged about 41.

Thomas married Mary POLE [110262], daughter of German POLE [110263], on 16 Oct 1756 in St Paul's Cathedral London England.

115. Edward POWYS [110224] (Thomas¹⁰⁰, Thomas⁷⁹, Thomas⁴⁵, John of Snitton¹⁷, William⁴, James², John¹) was born in 1710 and died on 29 Sep 1769 at age 59.

Edward married Catherine JELF [110264], daughter of Sir John JELF [110265] and Cathrine [110266], on 20 Jul 1732 in St Nicholas' Bristol Gloucestershire England. Catherine was born circa 1714 in Bristol Gloucestershire England, was baptised on 26 Aug 1714 in St Augustine's Bristol Gloucestershire England, and died after 1769.

+ 137 F i. Penelope POWYS [110267] was born in Jan 1739 in Astbury Cheshire England, was baptised on 4 Feb 1739 in St Mary's Astbury Cheshire England, and died on 23 Apr 1814 in Wem Shropshire England at age 75.

+ 140 M iv. Thomas Jelf POWYS [110268] was born in Jun 1744 in Astbury Cheshire England, was baptised on 28 Jun 1844 in St Mary's Astbury Cheshire England, and died in Jan 1805 in Shropshire England at age 60.

+ 141 M v. Rev. Edward POWYS [110269] was born in 1755 in Shrewsbury Shropshire England and died in May 1819 in Stapleton Shropshire England at age 64.

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