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Grandage Edwards Powell (20 November 1882 – 5 March 1948) was an Anglican bishop in the second quarter of the 20th century.

Powell was born in Fallowfield, Lancashire, into a clerical family, the son of Rev. Astell Drayner Powell, sometime Canon of Manchester Cathedral, and Annie Edwards, daughter of Thomas Grandage Edwards. He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford and ordained in 1906. After curacies in Fallowfield and Blackburn he rose rapidly in the Church of England hierarchy becoming successively vicar of St Matthew's West Kensington, Rural Dean of Leicester and Archdeacon of Carlisle. After four years in Cumberland he was ordained to the episcopate as the Suffragan Bishop of Penrith.

He married Madeline Mary Allen, by whom he had two sons. He resigned after a serious illness in April 1944 and died four years later.

References

1. Howard, Joseph Jackson; Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1904). Visitation of England and Wales. Priv. printed. p. 143. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
2. ^ Who was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. History of church within National Archives
4. "Suffragan Bishoprics – Appointments To Penrith And Bedford". The Times. Tuesday, 20 December 1938; p. 14; Issue 48182; col C
5. "Ecclesiastical News Bishop Powell to resign". The Times, Monday, 3 April 1944; p. 6; Issue 49821; col G

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