POWNEY, John (youngest son of Pennyston Portlock Powney of Maidenhead, d. 1794). Entered navy 1800; commanded the Cameleon revenue cutter 1818–21, occasionally attended George iii in his aquatic excursions; captain on h.p. 7 March 1853; K.H. 1 Jany. 1837; inspecting commander of coast guard at Aldborough 1831–4. d. St. Leonard’s, Exeter 27 Jany. 1855. G.M. xliii 644 (1855).

POWNEY, Richard. b. 1785; 1 lieut. Bengal artillery 7 May 1805, lieut. col. 3 March 1835, colonel 12 July 1844 to death; principal commissary ordnance department 27 Nov. 1837 to 1843; L.G. 21 Sept. 1859. d. 23 Dec. 1864.

POWRIE, Thomas. b. Dundee 8 Feb. 1824; educ. Stirling’s school in Tay street; acted at the Yeaman Shore theatre 1844 as T. Power, and then in Prince’s theatre, Glasgow; first appeared theatre royal, Edinburgh as Hamlet 10 Oct. 1849; played at theatre royal, Castle st. Dundee as Hamlet Oct. 1849; acted Julian St. Pierre in The Wife, theatre royal, Edinb. 28 Jany. 1850, Rob Roy at the Adelphi 17 Jany. 1852, Clifford in the Hunchback 6 Nov. 1852, Romeo 15 Nov. 1852, Richelieu at the theatre royal 17 May 1854, and O’Grady in Arrah-Na-Pogue 8 March 1866; appeared as Rob Roy at Drury Lane, London 23 March 1867 one night only as he sprained his ankle; made his last appearances in the Dundee theatre royal as Rob Roy on 9 and 10 March 1868; played 6 nights at Drury lane March 1868; made his last appearance on any stage at Prince of Wales’, Glasgow April 1868; as Rob Roy he was thought to have no equal. d. 6 Union place, Edinburgh 27 Aug. 1868. bur. Western cemetery, Dundee 29 Aug. J. C. Dibdin’s Edinburgh stage (1888) 408, 509; Norrie’s Dundee celebrities (1873) 312–6; Illust. sporting news iv 521 (1865) portrait, vi 200 (1867) portrait.

POWYS, Horatio (3 son of 2 baron Lilford 1775–1825). b. 20 Nov. 1805; educ. Harrow 1813 and St. John’s coll. Camb.; M.A. 1826, D.D. 1854; R. of Warrington, Lancs. 1831–54; rural dean of Cheshire 1831–54; established the training college at Chester, and the institution for the education of the daughters of the clergy at Warrington; bishop of Sodor and Man 5 July 1854 to death, consecrated in York cathedral 25 July 1854; author of A pastoral letter to the congregation at Warrington 1848. d. Bewsey house, Bournemouth 31 May 1877. bur. Warrington 5 June.

POWYS, Walter Norman. b. Tichmarsh rectory, Northamptonshire 28 July 1849; educ. Pembroke coll. Camb.; famous as a fast left-handed bowler; played against Oxford 1871, 1872, and 1874, taking 24 Oxford wickets for 153 runs; played for the Gentlemen against the players at Lords 1872. d. at his residence, Queen’s Walk, Nottingham 8 Jany. 1892.

POYNTER, Ambrose (2 son of Ambrose Lyon Poynter). b. London 16 May 1796; employed by John Nash the architect 1814–8; travelled in Italy, Sicily, and the Ionian islands 1819–21; an architect at 1 Poet’s Corner, Westminster 1821–47, and at 12 Park st. Westminster 1847, retired 1860; built the church of St. Paul in the Hills road, Cambridge 1847; an original member of Royal institute of British architects 1834, and secretary 1840, 1841 and 1844, his anonymous essay On the introduction of iron in the construction of buildings, gained the institute’s silver medal 1842; designed the hospital and chapel of St. Katherine in the Regent’s park, London 1827, Christ Church, Westminster 1841, and the French protestant church in Bloomsbury st. 1845–6; designed Pynes, Devon for sir Stafford Northcote, Hodsock near Worksop, Notts. for Mrs. Chambers, and Castle Melgwy, South Wales; architect to National provincial bank of England; official referee to board of works; the first inspector for the provinces appointed in connection with the school of design at Somerset House, one of the committee of management to supervise the district schools of design 1848, inspector of the schools 1850; an original member of the Arundel society 1848, the Graphic society, and the Archæological institute 1843; made drawings to illustrate F. Sandford’s Genealogical history of England 1865; contributed illustrations to Knight’s Shakespeare 1851 and Pictorial history of England 1840, and the articles on literature, science and art to the latter work; author of An essay on the history and antiquities of Windsor castle, this is printed in sir J. Wyatville’s Illustrations of Windsor castle 1841. d. Dover 20 Nov. 1886. Proc. of Royal institute of British architects (1887) 113, 137.

POYSER, Thomas. b. 1790; hon. F.R.C.S. Eng. 1843; leading medical practitioner at Wirksworth, Derbyshire 1821 to death; contributed a succession of papers on ‘The authors of articles in the Quarterly Review,’ and many other papers to the Gent. Mag., also contributed to Medico chirurgical review and the London journal of medicine. d. Wirksworth 11 June 1860. G.M. ix 319 (1860); Lancet i 634 (1860).

PRAED, Bulkeley Mackworth (7 child of William Mackworth Praed, banker, d. 1791). b. St. Lawrence, Exeter 21 Nov. 1771; entered navy 21 Sept. 1780; captain 29 April 1802; retired R.A. 10 Jany. 1837; transferred to the active list 17 Aug. 1840; V.A. of the White 9 Nov. 1846; purchased Acton castle, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall. d. Acton castle 6 Oct. 1852. G.M. xxxviii 634 (1852).

PRAED, Charles Tyringham (2 son of James Backwell Praed, M.P. 1779–1837). b. 18 Aug. 1833; educ. Eton 1847–50; matric. from Merton coll. Oxf. 19 March 1851; partner in Praed and Co. bankers, Fleet st. London; M.P. St. Ives 1874–80; resided 95 Queen’s gate, London. d. Edgcombe hall, Wimbledon 19 Oct. 1895. Graphic xi 291, 292 (1875) portrait.

PRAED, William Mackworth (eld. son of William Mackworth Praed, serjeant-at-law 1756–1835). b. 24 May 1797; educ. Eton 1811–14; at St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1819, M.A. 1822; barrister L.I. 17 May 1822; recorder of Barnstaple, Bideford and South Molton June 1836 to death; judge of county courts, circuit 59 (South Devon) March 1847 to death; chairman of Devon quarter sessions. d. at the London inn, Exeter 25 Sept. 1857.

PRAEGER, Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm (son of Henry Aloysius Praeger, violinist and composer). b. Leipsic 22 Jany. 1815; a student of the violoncello and of the piano at Lubeck to 1831; a teacher at the Hague 1831, and in London from 1834; an overture by him was given by the New Philharmonic Soc. conducted by Hector Berlioz 1852; his pianoforte trio was played at the first concert of the London orchestra; naturalised in England 19 Oct. 1854; performed at important concerts in London, Paris, and Leipsic; English correspondent of Neue Zeitschrift für Musik; he translated E. Naumann’s The history of music 1862; author of Wagner as I knew him 1892; edited F. Beyer’s Elementary instruction book for the piano 1854, and H. Rosellen’s Instruction book for the piano 1854; among his pupils were Madame de Pachman, Herr Schönberger, and Albert Jeffery; lectured before the Society of Arts on The fusion of the romantic and classical schools of music; he was the composer of Morceau brilliant pour le pianoforte, a quatre mains 1848; Elfenmärchen, a fairy tale for the piano 1852; Le Buisson pour piano 1858; Airs sung by the Christy minstrels 1860, six numbers; Old English airs 1860, six numbers; Francesca di Rimini, meditation pour piano 1874; 48 Tonstück für das Pianoforte 1880; Manfred prelude symphonique 1881; Sonata in G for piano and violoncello 1883; Six mélodies pour violin et piano 1889; Three sonatinas for the pianoforte 1889; Two quartets for two violins, violoncello and piano 1891; his name is attached to upwards of 100 pieces 1842–91, published in London, Dover, Brighton, and Leipsic. d. 23 Brackenbury road, Hammersmith, London 2 Sept. 1891. Biograph iv 242 (1880); I.L.N. 12 Sept. 1891 p. 334 portrait; The Times 3 Sept. 1891 p. 7.

PRALL, Richard. b. 1832; passed as a solicitor 1854, of the firm of Nickinson, Prall, and Nickinson at Rochester, Brompton, Stroud, and Gillingham; town clerk of Rochester 1870 to death; official receiver in bankruptcy for Kent; clerk to Rochester school board and to the Medway conservancy board. d. Hillside, Frindsbury, Rochester 20 Oct. 1895.

PRATT, Anne (2 dau. of Robert Pratt of Strood, Kent, grocer). b. Strood 5 Dec. 1806; educ. Eastgate house school, Rochester; studied botany under Dr. Dods; formed an extensive herbarium and made sketches of the specimens, which formed illustrations for her books; author of The field, the garden, and the woodland. By a Lady 1838, 3 ed. 1847; Flowers and their associations 1840, 2 ed. 1846; The excellent woman as described in the Book of Proverbs 1846, anon.; Wild flowers, 2 vols. 1852, 2 ed. 1892; Our native songsters 1852; The flowering plants and ferns of Great Britain, 5 vols. 1855, 3 ed. 1873; The ferns of Great Britain and their allies 1855, 2 ed. 1871; Haunts of the wild flowers 1863; edited By daylight, a translation of Ottilie Wildermuth’s Im tageslicht 1865; m. 4 Dec. 1866 John Pearless of East Grinstead, Sussex. d. Rylett road, Shepherd’s Bush, London 27 July 1893. Journal of botany (1894) 205–7; Women’s Penny paper 9 Nov. 1889 p. 25 portrait.

PRATT, Charles Compton. b. 1790; 2 lieut. R.M. 14 Oct. 1805, colonel 19 April 1854 to 20 June 1855, when he retired on full pay as major general. d. Vicars close, Wells, Somerset 16 June 1871.

PRATT, Frederick Thomas (3 son of John Pratt of Lambeth, Surrey). b. 1799; scholar of Trin. coll. Camb. 1820, B.A. 1821, M.A. 1825; incorporated at St. John’s coll. Oxf. 8 Dec. 1836; B.C.L. 1836, D.C.L. 1837; advocate at Doctor’s Commons 2 Nov. 1837, stewart 1840–2, librarian 1842–4, treasurer 1847–50; author of The law relating to ship lights and signals at sea 1858. d. Upper Norwood, Surrey 13 April 1868.

PRATT, Jermyn (3 son of Edward Roger Pratt of Ryston Hall 1756–1838). b. 6 Feb. 1798; educ. Eton and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1821, M.A. 1825; R. of Campsey Ashe, Suff. 1836 to death; author of Records of the college of Christ Church in Brecon 1847. d. 15 May 1867.

PRATT, John (son of Jonas Pratt, music seller and teacher of music). b. Cambridge 1772; chorister of King’s coll. Camb. 1780, organist to the college 1799; organist to univ. of Camb. 1800; organist to St. Peter’s coll. 1813; published A selection of ancient and modern psalm tunes for two trebles or tenors and a bass 1810, republished under title of Psalmodia Cantabrigiensis 1820; A collection of anthems in score selected from the works of Handel and others 1825; Plead thou my cause from twelfth mass of Mozart, and Praise the Lord O my soul, an anthem, Printed in Novello’s Collection of Anthems, vol. iv, No. 81 and vol. x, No. 208 (1876). d. Cambridge 9 March 1855.

PRATT, John Burnett. b. Cairnbanno, New Deer 1799; educ. Aberdeen univ., M.A., hon. LL.D. 1865; episcopal minister of Stuartfield 1821–5; minister of St. James’s church, Cruden 1825 to death; domestic chaplain to Earl of Errol; examining chaplain to bishop of Aberdeen; edited the Scottish episcopal communion service 1866; author of The old paths, where is the good way, 3 ed. Oxford 1840; Buchan, Aberdeen 1858, 3 ed. 1870; The Druids 1861; Letters on the Scandinavian churches, their doctrine, worship and polity 1865. d. St. James’s parsonage, Cruden 20 March 1869. J. P. Pratt’s Buchan, 3 ed. (1870), memoir pp. vii–ix portrait; Reg. and mag. of biog. May 1869 p. 398.

PRATT, John Henry (2 son of Josiah Pratt, secretary of the Church missionary society 1768–1844). Educ. Caius coll. Camb., fellow 1836; third wrangler 1833; B.A. 1833, M.A. 1836; chaplain H.E.I.Co. 1838; domestic chaplain to bishop Wilson 1839; archdeacon of Calcutta 1850 to death; F.R.S. 7 June 1866; author of The mathematical principles of mechanical philosophy 1836, republished under title of A treatise on attractions, Laplace’s functions and the figure of the earth 1860, 4 ed. 1871; Scripture and science not at variance 1856, 7 ed. 1872; edited his father’s Eclective notes or notes of discussion on religious topics at the meetings of the Eclectic society, London during the years 1798–1814, 1865. d. Ghazeepore 28 Dec. 1871.

PRATT, John Henry (younger son of Josiah Pratt, vicar of St. Stephen’s, Coleman st. London). b. 1849; educ. Haileybury college, where he became head boy, and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1872; won the Bell 1869 and Browne scholarship 1871, senior classic 1872; assistant master at Harrow 1872 to death; fellow of his college 1873 to death; member of the Alpine club, made many difficult ascents; edited The story of Achilles 1880; drowned while bathing in the lake of Como, near Tremezzo 31 Aug. 1878, the body never found.

PRATT, John Tidd (2 son of John Pratt of Kennington, Surrey, surgeon). b. London 13 Dec. 1797; barrister I.T. 26 Nov. 1824; consulting barrister to comrs. for reduction of the national debt 1828 to death; counsel to certify the rules of savings’ banks and friendly societies 1834–46, and registrar of friendly societies 1846 to death; edited J. B. Bosanquet and C. Puller’s New reports of cases argued in the court of common pleas and other courts 1826; E. Bott’s Laws relating to the poor, 6 ed. 1827; W. Woodfall’s Law of landlord and tenant 1829; author of An abstract of the acts of parliament for the establishment of courts of request 1824; A digested index to the term reports, analytically arranged 1826; The law relating to friendly societies 1829; History of the savings’ banks in England and Wales 1830, 2 ed. 1842; The law relating to highways 1835, 13 ed. 1893; A collection of all the statutes in force respecting the relief of the poor, 2 vols. 1835–64, 2 ed. 1843; The law relating to watching and lighting parishes 1850, 5 ed. 1891. d. 29 Abingdon st. Westminster 9 Jany. 1870. I.L.N. lvi 107, 152 (1870) portrait; Law Times 15 Jany. 1870 p. 214, 12 Feb. p. 305.

PRATT, Joseph. b. Manchester; printer in Bridge st. Manchester; printed The Catholic Phœnix 1822; the Manchester Advertiser, No. 1, 2 July 1825, this paper was given away, its revenue being derived solely from advertisements; editor of The Scrap book, The Protestant witness, and other periodicals; author of pamphlets. d. Nov. 1859.

PRATT, Robert (son of rev. Robert Pratt, prebendary of Desertmore, Cork). b. 21 Jany. 1815; ensign 41 foot 16 June 1837; lieut. col. 9 Sept. 1855, placed on h.p. 10 Nov. 1856; lieut. col. 23 foot 27 March 1857, placed on h.p. 3 Sept. 1870; L.G. 12 Dec. 1877; placed on retired list with hon. rank of general 1 July 1881; C.B. 14 May 1859. d. Madeira 27 Dec. 1886.

PRATT, Samuel Peace. b. 6 Nov. 1789; educ. at Enfield; lived at Bath 1823 to about 1839; F.L.S. 1829; F.G.S. 1829; F.R.S. 27 Jany. 1842, withdrew 1859. d. Mellone villa, Fulham road, London 22 Sept. 1863.

PRATT, Sir Thomas Simson (son of captain James Pratt). b. 1797; educ. St. Andrew’s univ.; ensign 26 foot 2 Feb. 1814, lieut. col. 28 Aug. 1841, placed on h.p. 8 Oct. 1843; commanded his regiment in the attacks on Canton 24 May to 1 June 1841; deputy adjutant general at Madras 5 Sept. 1843 to 23 Oct. 1855; commanded the forces in Australia 1856–61; conducted the war against the Maories in New Zealand 1860–1; commanded the forces in Victoria 8 Jany. 1860 to May 1862; colonel of 37 foot May 1862 to death; retired from active service Oct. 1877; general 26 May 1873; C.B. 14 Oct. 1841, K.C.B. 16 July 1861, invested with the ribbon and badge of the order by sir Henry Barkly at Melbourne 15 April 1862, the first ceremony of the kind in Australia. d. England 2 Feb. 1879. Times 6 Feb. 1879 p. 10.

PRATTEN, Catharina Josepha (daughter of M. Pelzer). b. Mulheim on the Rhine; appeared at the King’s theatre, London as a guitar player at eight years of age; taught the guitar in London; m. 24 Sept. 1854 Robert Sidney Pratten 1824–68; author of Instruction for the guitar, 3 ed. 1861, 10 ed. 1882; Four Italian songs for the guitar 1861; Repertoire for the concertina 1861; Repertoire for the guitar, vocal 1861–91, one hundred and twenty numbers; Repertoire for the guitar, instrumental 1861; Guitar tutor 1881; Learning the guitar simplified 1881; The scale and pieces for the gigelera, learning the gigelera simplified 1882; Twelve easy songs for the guitar 1888; Sketches for the mandoline with guitar or pianoforte accompanyment 1891; her name is attached to upwards of 30 pieces 1860–91. d. London 10 Oct. 1895.

PRATTEN, Robert Sidney (2 son of Mr. Pratten, flautist at Bristol theatre). b. Bristol 23 Jany. 1824; first appeared as a flautist at Clifton 25 March 1835; first flute at the T.R. Dublin; came to London 1846; studied composition in Germany, his piece for the flute entitled L’Espérance published at Leipzig 1847; returned to London 1848 and became the leading player; played first flute at Royal Italian opera 1846, English opera, Sacred harmonic, Philharmonic, and other concerts; composer of A complete series of studies for the patent diatonic flute 1848: Concert-Stück for the flute and orchestra and piano 1852; Christmas song 1853; Complete instruction for the concertina 1856; A complete series of scales and exercises for R. S. Pratten’s perfected flute 1857; Recreations for the flute, melodies for flute and piano 1858; Tutor for the flute with a selection of melodies 1856; Francesca romance for concertina and piano 1859; Boosey’s One hundred dances for the flute 1859; Give me the harp, a song 1862; The merry beggars, a song 1879; his name is attached to upwards of 30 pieces of music 1847–90; m. Catherina Josepha Pelzer; he d. Ramsgate 10 Feb. 1868. Grove’s Dictionary of music iii 27 (1883).