Folliott Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt (2 November 1642 – c. 5 February 1717), was an

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politician and peer.

Biography

He was the son of Richard Wingfield and Elizabeth Folliott, a daughter of

Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott (1568–1622) was an English soldier in the Irish army. He fought in the Nine Years' War (Ireland), Nine Years' War and then in the suppression of O'Doherty's rebellion at the Siege of Tory Island. Birth and ...

and Anne Strode.

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, was his younger half-brother. Wingfield served in the

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as the Member of Parliament for

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between 1661 and 1665. On 22 February 1665, he was raised to the

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as Viscount Powerscourt and assumed his seat in the

Irish House of Lords The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medieval times until the end of 1800. It was also the final court of appeal of the Kingdom of Ireland. It was modelled on the House of Lords of Englan ...

.''The Gentleman's and London Magazine: Or Monthly Chronologer, 1741-1794''
(J. Exshaw., 1741), pp. 299–300. Retrieved 5 October 2016. He married Lady Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of

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, and Lady Margaret Howard, in September 1660. Upon his death his titles became extinct. A descendant of his uncle was created

Viscount Powerscourt Viscount Powerscourt ( ) is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of Ireland, each time for members of the Wingfield family. It was created first in 1618 for the Chief Governor of Ireland, Richard Wingfield. However, this creat ...

in 1743 to revive the title.

References

1642 births 1717 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people Wingfield, Folliott Members of the Irish House of Lords Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Ireland created by Charles II Wingfield, Folliott {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub