Robert Power , entered the army young, left it a Captain in the 30th Regmt. of Foot in 1823. 30th Regiment of Foot The 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot was a British infantry regiment raised in 1694 and disbanded after the Treaty of Ryswick. They were reformed in 1697 as marines and took part in the capture of Gibraltar. In 1782 they became the Cambridgeshire Regiment and later formed the 1st Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment. of Gurteen & Gurtnamena, co. Waterford, & Dublin, Ireland, [adopted/educated by his great-uncle William Power, de jure 15th Lord Le Poer & Corroghmore (+ s.p. 1813) to whose estates he succeeded. CvM - this is probably incorrect. PvM had this Robert mixed up with Robert Power d. 1872, son of Robert] This included a beneficial? interest in "The Power Trust". Agent for the Tyrone Estates (1822 to ca 1832 (resigned)) possibly obtained through patronage of Lady Blessington, his half sister, subs. in Government service, New Brunswick, Canada (1840-49), "owing to the influence of Lady Blessington with Lord Durham", etc. It is likely that he spent the long years in Canada away from his family. CvM - this information is suspect His father "assigned over to his son a small farm which he possessed in the county of Waterford at the time the arrangement was en tered into by his daughters to contribute each sixty pounds a year for his maintenance. "
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