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Thomas Atherton Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford (December 2, 1801 – March 15, 1861), was a British peer and Whig politician. He inherited the baronetcy and the family seat of Lilford Hall in Northamptonshire from his father Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford in 1825. In 1837 he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting in the Whig administration of Lord Melbourne, a post he held until the government fell in August 1841. He never returned to office. In 1830, he married Mary Elizabeth Fox, whose family, the Baron Hollands had acquired land in Camberwell, previously part of the ancient manor of Lambeth Wicke, in about 1701. The opening of the new bridge at Vauxhall and connecting roads in 1816 sparked a major phase of development in what was then still Surrey. A few years later Mary’s father, Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland started developing his estate, rapidly converting the land to streets and terraces. This street was built upon the grounds of Loughborough House which in the 17thCentury belonged to Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough, and survived up until 1854. It was previously called Harold Street, and is one of a small group of local streets that commemorate Lord Holland’s connection with the area. See also Holland Grove, Foxley Road and Vassall Road.
