Maurice Power (14 May 1811 – 28 December 1870) was an Anglo-Irish politician who served as member of parliament for County Cork (1847–1852) and as Lieutenant Governor of St Lucia from 1852.
Maurice Power was selected to stand as the Repeal Party candidate, winning the election and holding the seat until 1852.
They believed that he had pledged not to take a government appointment, and that he was now being rewarded for supporting the ruling Whig party, in particular Lord Clarendon[3] during the Birch affair.
He returned to Cork in the early 1860s, purchasing Ringacoltig House and Estate, resuming interest in local politics.
[9][10] Together, they were the parents of many children, including three daughters who married Prussians and lived in that country; as well as:[11] Powers died at Ringacoltig House on 28 December 1870, buried locally, although his remains were exhumed in the following year, and re-buried in the family plot in Rosscarbery.