Admiral Sir Francis Powell, KCMG, CB (15 September 1849 – 5 October 1927) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commodore-in-Charge at Hong Kong 1899–1902, during the Boxer Rebellion.

[2] He was in command of the cruiser HMS Phoebe from 1892 to 1895, while she served on the Cape and West Africa Station, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on 21 December 1894 for services during military operations in Benin earlier that year.

[3] The operations included combined forces from the Royal Navy and Niger Coast Protectorate against the Kingdom of Benin, and Powell took part in the capture of the trading town of Ebrohimi.

During these years the Boxer Rebellion took place in China, and the base at Hong Kong was more important for the navy than earlier.

For his service in China he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902,[6][7] and knighted by King Edward VII on board HMY Victoria and Albert outside Cowes on 15 August 1902.