Edward Wingfield, 2nd Viscount Powerscourt (23 October 1729 – 6 May 1764), styled The Honourable Edward Wingfield between 1744 and 1751, was an

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peer and politician.

Biography

Wingfield was the son of Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt and Dorothy Beresford Rowley, daughter of Hercules Rowley, of Summerhill,

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. he was educated at

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. He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1751.thepeerage.com Edward Wingfield, 2nd Viscount Powerscourt
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and gave him a seat in the

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. However, he was still able to stand for election for the

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, and in 1756 he was successfully returned for Stockbridge, a seat he held until 1761. Lord Powerscourt died unmarried in May 1764, aged 34, and was succeeded in the title by his younger brother,

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References

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