Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt

Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt

Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt KP PC (I) (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.

On 26 April 1864, Wingfield married Lady Julia Coke, the daughter of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester. They had five children:[1]

  • Mervyn Richard Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt (1880–1947)
  • Maj.-Gen. Hon. Maurice Anthony Wingfield (21 June 1883 – 14 April 1956), married Sybil Frances Leyland and had issue, Lees Knowles Lecturer in 1924
  • Hon. Olive Elizabeth Wingfield (6 November 1884 – ?), married Maj. William John 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]

References

  1. ^ "thePeerage.com". http://www.thepeerage.com/p3376.htm#i33751. Retrieved 2008-12-14. 
  2. ^ Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". http://www.leighrayment.com/orders/patrick.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-13. 
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Richard Wingfield		 Viscount Powerscourt
1844–1904		 Succeeded by
Mervyn Wingfield
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Powerscourt
1885–1904		 Succeeded by
Mervyn Wingfield

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