[2] That unit was renamed the 64th Regiment of Foot and served in the Seven Years' War in the French West Indies in 1759.

[1] A year later, on 23 July 1771, Powell was promoted to lieutenant colonel and given command of the 53rd Regiment of Foot.

[3] On 10 June 1776, Sir Guy Carleton appointed Powell as a brigadier-general and placed him in command of the 2nd Brigade.

With the 53rd Regiment and the Brunswick Prinz Friedrich Regiment, he successfully defended Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence from American attacks in 1777, declaring "The Garrison invested to my charge, I shall defend to the last.

"[4] Weeks after General Burgoyne's surrender, however, BG Powell abandoned Fort Ticonderoga and returned to Canada.