, R.A. On 5 December 1797 at
Penwortham,
Lancashire, he married Henrietta Maria Vernon Atherton of
Atherton Hall, Leigh . Henrietta Maria Atherton (née Legh) inherited
Bank Hall which had come to her mother from a first cousin,
George Anthony Legh Keck and the
Atherton Hall via her father
Robert Vernon Atherton Gwillym. Together, they had twelve children: •
Thomas Atherton Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford (1801–1861), who married Hon. Mary Elizabeth Fox, daughter of
Henry Fox, 3rd Baron Holland and Elizabeth Vassall, in 1830. • Hon. Robert Vernon Powys (1802–1854), who married Jane Beckett, daughter of William Beckett, in 1825. • Hon. Horatio Powys (1805–1877) • Hon. Atherton Legh Powys (1809–1886) • Hon.
Henry Littleton Powys (1812–1863), who inherited
Stoughton Grange,
Leicestershire; he married Maria Gore, a daughter of Adm.
Sir John Gore. • Hon. Charles Powys (1813–1897) • Hon. Henrietta Maria Powys (d. 1870) • Hon. Eleanor Powys (1800–1880) • Hon. Mary Powys (1804–1883) • Hon. Elizabeth Atherton Powys (1807–1891) • Hon. Frances Hester Powys (d. 1840) • Hon. Jane Lucy Powys (1810–1905) Lord Lilford died at
Grosvenor Place on 4 July 1825 and was buried on 15 July 1835, at
Achurch,
Northamptonshire. ==Coat of arms==