Charles Horlick# Powis

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Can't find chr on familyhistoryonline

Originally I had his father down as James and mother as Ann, after finding on family search the birth of a Henry Powis in 1808 in Gravesend, Kent. This persons parents were James Powis, Jnr and Mrs.James Powis. There was also a Charles birth in 1804 in St Giles London with James Powis and Ann Powis. HOWEVER that same person is listed (on some of the records) on familysearch as Charles JAMES Powis.

1947 Letter Cyril Griffiths - Ann G-P "On the financial side, as I have told you they originally had a lot of property in Woolwich, but that was not all. There was also property in Gloucestershire because mother has told me that she remembers how her father used to set off once a year from Berkshire to the West Country to collect his rents. Latterly, however, the estate became so complicated by division & sub-division that it came down to dividing a relatively small sum into 64 parts before it could be distributed, so various lands were sold by the trustees and the proceeds were invested. One small piece of land so sold was in Painswick. The xxxx? of the money you have just inherited must, I think, be part of the remnant of the Powis estate, held by Aunt Belle, to your mother, subject to Mabel's life interest".

Got details from Katharine's christening on familysearch.

Can't find his marriage on the IGI.

1832; Isabel's chr; Charles is listed as Surgeon and they are living at Mount? Street, Lambeth

1841 Census; (Indexed as Pruis) (age 35), living in South East Side of Dorking, Surrey with wife and children. Occupation; 'Ind'ependent means. NB what appears to be his wifes brothers family are living next door.

1851 Census; (Indexed on ancestry as Lowis) (age 45) living in South Street, Dorking, Surrey with wife and children.Also his mother-in-law and a servant. Occupation; Chemist & Druggist.

1854; Katharine's birth cert; listed as surgeon at South Street, Dorking.

1861 Census (age 55) living East St (?), Dorking with wife, 5 children, mother in law and 2 servants. Occupation given as Gentleman.

Court case; (National Archives);
Cause number: 1861 B2.
Short title: Baylis v Powis.
Documents: Bill only.
Plaintiffs: Edward Baylis and others - CHP's brother in law !
Defendants: Charles Horlick Powis, Ann Powis his wife, Isabel Ann Powis, Ann Maria Powis, Charles William Powis, Emma Powis, Henry Herbert Powis and Katherine Powis, Henry Samuel Powis, Henrietta Powis his wife, Sophia Harris, John Horlick Harris, Charles Devall and Naomi Maria Devall his wife. Provincial solicitor employed in Gloucestershire.
This led to me finding the Devall's (eventually !).

1871 Census (age 60?) living in Bath(?) Road, Knowl Hill, Wargrave, Berks with wife, 4 children, grandson and 3 servants. Occupation; 'Not any' . There is also a William Thomas Powis (age 6) who is his grandson, born in Surrey - this is Charles William's son.

1871 ; Called in some case about Ham-butts House ; Baylis v Powis & Monk (see above). 'sought to eject the defendants from a certain piece of land opposite Ham Butts-House at Painswick, of which they had legal possession ..... the parties to the suit were connected by marriage, and they became entitled to some property in Painswick from a common ancestor - a gentleman named Horlick. Baylis was "Mr Edward Baylis, who is well known in Cheltenham as the veteran agent for the Conservative party for the eastern division of the county'".

1947 Letter Cyril Griffiths -> Ann G-P "Charles Horlick and Ann Powis lived - in my mothers childhood - at a place called Knowl Hill. All I know about it was that it was a very nice place" ..... "later moved to Roehampton" (see below). "Charles spent all his days hunting and was finally killed on the hunting field ....... anyway he was a hardriding, hardswearing, harddrinking old squire of the old school".

1871; Cheltenham Chronicle; Stroud County Court; "..... at Painswick, of which they had illegal possession. Mr. Frederick Stroud, of Cheltenham, conducted the plaintiffs case ; and Mr. J. Sltiress Will, barrister, instructed by Messrs. Watson and Sou, appeared for the defendants. Mr. Stroud opened the, property in Painswick from ancestor-a gentleman named Ilorliok. The learned gentleman went at great length explain that proceedings in Chaucery were instituted for the purpose of dividing the land, and a deed partition was ultimately signed by all parties, Charles H. Powis was also called but did not prove any other material fact. After a long and tedious hearing, of which the foregoing is but mere outline, judge reserved his decision until the 22nd inst."

1873 (Isabel's wedding) he is Mr C Powis of The Laurels, Roehampton Park

Found death record on free index, specifically says Charles Horlick Powis, so must be correct.

1881 Census; Ann is widow, so he's died by then.

Charles married Ann# Foster, daughter of William?# Foster and Ann#. (Ann# Foster was born in 1806 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex and died on 17 Sep 1900 in Thornton Heath, Croydon.)