Summary
Mervyn Edward Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt KP PC (Ire) (13 October 1836 – 5 June 1904) was an Irish peer. He became Viscount Powerscourt in 1844 on the death of his father Richard Wingfield, 6th Viscount Powerscourt. Through this Wingfield line he was a maternal descendant of the Noble House of Stratford. His mother was Lady Elizabeth Frances Charlotte, daughter of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden.
On 26 April 1864, Wingfield married Lady Julia Coke, the daughter of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester. They had five children:[1]
- Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt (1880–1947), a great-grandfather of Sarah, Duchess of York
- Maj.-Gen. Hon. Maurice Anthony Wingfield (21 June 1883 – 14 April 1956), married Sybil Frances Leyland and had issue. He was Lees Knowles Lecturer in 1924
- Hon. Olive Elizabeth Wingfield (6 November 1884 – May 1978), married Maj. William John Bates van de Weyer and had issue
- Hon. Clare Meriel Wingfield (5 June 1886 – 1969), married Arthur Chichester, 4th Baron Templemore
- Hon. Lilah Katherine Julia Wingfield (13 January 1888 – 1981), married Sir Clive Morrison-Bell, 1st Baronet
Powerscourt was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 2 August 1871.[2] He was created Baron Powerscourt in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1885, enabling him to sit in the House of Lords.[3]
He owned 53,000 acres with 40,000 of these in Wicklow and 11,000 in Wexford and the remainder in Dublin.[4]
Art collection edit
Lord Powerscourt collected paintings as a hobby and published a catalog in 1903 called A description and history of Powerscourt.[5] He sometimes included details about his purchases in his list.
References edit
- ^ "thePeerage.com". Retrieved 14 December 2008.
- ^ Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 25486". The London Gazette. 3 July 1885. p. 3060.
- ^ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
- ^ A description and history of Powerscourt, by Powerscourt, Mervyn Edward Wingfield, Viscount, 1903
External links edit
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Powerscourt