Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt

Mervyn Edward 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. Through this Wingfield line he was a maternal descendant of the historic Stratford Family.

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

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]

References

  1. "thePeerage.com". Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  2. Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 25486. p. 3060. 3 July 1885.

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Richard Wingfield
Viscount Powerscourt
1844–1904
Succeeded by
Mervyn Richard Wingfield
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Powerscourt
1885–1904
Succeeded by
Mervyn Richard Wingfield
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