Mervyn Richard Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt (16 July 1880 – 21 March 1947) was an Irish peer.

Life

Wingfield was born to

Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt Mervyn Edward Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt (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 w ...

, whom he succeeded as Viscount Powerscourt in 1904. He was commissioned in the Irish Guards in February 1901, and promoted to

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on 3 July 1901. The Irish Guards had been created in 1900, and Wingfield was chosen to carry the colours at the first presentation of

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to the Regiment on 30 May 1902, following which he was appointed a Member of the

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(MVO). He was appointed

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on 15 February 1910 and created a Knight of the

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on 18 April 1916. Lord Powerscourt died on 21 March 1947.

Family

In 1903, he married Sybil Pleydell-Bouverie: they had three children, including

Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt (22 August 1905 – 1973), was an Irish peer. He was the son of The 8th Viscount Powerscourt and Sybil Pleydell-Bouverie. He married Sheila Claude Beddington on 16 December 1932 in Jerusalem ...

. Lady Powerscourt served as the

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Deputy Chief Commissioner for Ireland. Through the Wingfield line he was a descendant of the Noble House of Stratford. He is a great-grandfather of

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through her mother Susan Barrantes, who is Powerscourt's granddaughter.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Powerscourt, Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Mervyn 1880 births 1947 deaths Knights of St Patrick Lord-Lieutenants of Wicklow Members of the Royal Victorian Order Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Members of the Senate of Southern Ireland