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About Allan Powell
- Sir George Allan Powell GBE (1 February 1876 – 24 January 1948) was Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors between 1939-46. Educated at Bancroft's School and at King's College London, and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1907.
- Elected to the council of the royal borough of Kensington in 1932, he was twice mayor, in 1937–8 and 1938–9.
- He was a member of the Import Duties Advisory Committee between 1932 and 1939.Powell was knighted GBE in the New Year Honours of 1943.
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