Mervyn Edward Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt (13 October 1836 – 5 June 1904) was an Irish peer. He became

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in 1844 on the death of his father

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. Through this Wingfield line he was a maternal descendant of the

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. His mother was Lady Elizabeth Frances Charlotte, daughter of

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Biography

On 26 April 1864, Wingfield married Lady Julia Coke, the daughter of

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. They had five children: *

Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt Mervyn Richard Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt (16 July 1880 – 21 March 1947) was an Anglo-Irish peer. Life Wingfield was born to Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt, whom he succeeded as Viscount Powerscourt in 1904. He was ...

(1880–1947), a great-grandfather of

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* Maj.-Gen. Hon. Maurice Anthony Wingfield (21 June 1883 – 14 April 1956), married Sybil Frances Leyland and had issue. He was

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in 1924 * Hon. Olive Elizabeth Wingfield (6 November 1884 – May 1978), married Maj. William John Bates 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 He was commissioned as a

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in the part-time Wicklow Militia on 26 November 1870, promoted to

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on 31 March 1871, and retired on 12 October 1871. Powerscourt was appointed a Knight of the

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on 2 August 1871. He was created Baron Powerscourt in the

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in 1885, enabling him to sit in the House of Lords. He owned 53,000 acres with 40,000 of these in Wicklow and 11,000 in Wexford and the remainder in Dublin.

Art collection

Lord Powerscourt collected paintings as a hobby and published a catalog in 1903 called ''A description and history of Powerscourt''.A description and history of Powerscourt
by Powerscourt, Mervyn Edward Wingfield, Viscount, 1903 He sometimes included details about his purchases in his list. File:Jan Steen - The Interior of an Inn ('The Broken Eggs') NG NG NG5637.jpg, The painting of 'The Broken Eggs' by Jan Steen, according to Lord Powerscourt, shows "portraits of

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and his friend Van Goyen".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Powerscourt, Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Mervyn 1836 births 1904 deaths Irish representative peers Knights of St Patrick Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria Wicklow Militia officers