Earl of Powis papers 1883-1889
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Earl of Powis and correspondents
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Edward James Herbert, Earl of Powis (1818-1891) was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge, where he was a classics scholar of some renown, becoming high steward of the University of Cambridge in 1863. He was chairman of Montgomery quarter sessions from 1855 and lord-lieutenant for Montgomeryshire from 1877. He played a leading role in the inception of the University College of North Wales and was first president of its Council. He was also active in the development of intermediate ed...