William Henry Powell (architect)

William Henry Powell FRIBA (1847 - 7 June 1900) was an architect primarily based in London and South Africa.

In South Africa he set up a practice in Durban.

On his death in 1900, his eldest son William continued the practice in Durban.

Welch of Herne Hill on 23 April 1873[2] at St Paul's Church, Herne Hill, and they had five sons: In 1889 he was cited in a divorce case by Ralph Thomas, a solicitor in practice in Chancery Lane on the grounds of his wife's adultery with Powell.

[3] To escape the ensuing scandal, in 1890 he moved with his family to Ridge Road, Morningside, Durban, South Africa.