Claim: Frederick York Powell was an unattached student at the University of Oxford, and while there, he was a member of the exclusive Stubbs Society.
Evidence: He matriculated at the University of Oxford in 1868 as an unattached student, the following year joining Christ Church, where he took a first-class degree in law and modern history in 1872. Whilst at Oxford, he was a member of the exclusive Stubbs Society.