Horatio Powys

{{Short description|English bishop (1805–1877)}}

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| name = Horatio Powys

| title = Bishop of Sodor and Man

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1805|11|05|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age |1877|05|31|1805|11|20|df=yes}}

| ended = 1877 (death)

| enthroned = 1805

| predecessor = Robert Eden

| successor = Rowley Hill

| alma_mater = {{ubl | Harrow School | St. John's College, Cambridge}}

| death_place = Bournemouth, Dorset, England

| term_start = 1577

| buried = Warrington, Cheshire, England

| image = Bishop Horatio Powys.png

| spouse = {{marriage|Percy Gore|21 February 1833}}

| children = 8

}}

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Horatio Powys (20 November 1805 – 31 May 1877) was a priest in the Church of England and Bishop of Sodor and Man.

Powys was the third son of Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford (1775–1825), by Henrietta Maria, eldest daughter of Robert Vernon Atherton of Atherton Hall, Lancashire. He was educated at Harrow and at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. in 1826, and was later created D.D. in 1854.{{acad|id=PWS823H|name=Powys, the Hon. Horatio}}

In 1831, he became the rector of the parish of Warrington, Lancashire and he was for some time rural dean of Cheshire.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41337 The parish of Warrington] Strongly impressed with the necessity for improved education, he succeeded in establishing the training college at Chester and the institution for the education of the daughters of the clergy at Warrington, both of which proved permanently successful. On 5 July 1854 he was nominated to the bishopric of Sodor and Man. He made successful endeavours to uphold the rights of the see, and involved himself in much litigation, including a lengthy dispute with the Rev. William Drury, the Vicar of Kirk Braddan, over the patronage of St Thomas' Church, Douglas, which was closed for over a year as a consequence.John Gelling, 'A History of the Manx Church 1698–1911' pages 109–115

Powys was unpopular among most of the Manx clergy due to his High Church views and contentious nature. After his health began to decline in 1873, he spent much time in England, and his episcopal duties were undertaken by other bishops on Powys' commission. He printed two charges, A Pastoral Letter to the Congregation at Warrington, 1848, and two sermons.