Editing Robert Powell (section)

==Early life==
Powell was born in [[County Borough of Salford|Salford]], [[Lancashire]], the son of Kathleen (née Davis) and John Wilson Powell.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/97/Robert-Powell.html |title=Robert Powell Biography (1944-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |date=1 June 1944 |access-date=12 October 2013}}</ref> He was educated at [[Manchester Grammar School]]<ref name="independ310">{{cite news |last=Walsh |first=John |title=Sir Ben Kingsley: 'I was blessed by being a very popular child |work=The Independent |date=6 March 2010 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sir-ben-kingsley-i-was--blessed-by-being-a-very-popular-child-1915503.html |access-date=7 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308144739/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sir-ben-kingsley-i-was--blessed-by-being-a-very-popular-child-1915503.html |archive-date=8 March 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> (which was then a [[direct grant grammar school]]), and studied law at the [[University of Manchester]]. He has an elder brother, Henry (Harry).