Viscount Powerscourt ( ) is a title that has been created three times in the

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, each time for members of the Wingfield family. It was created first in 1618 for the Chief Governor of

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, Richard Wingfield. However, this creation became extinct on his death in 1634. It was created a second time in 1665 for Folliott Wingfield. He was the great-great-grandson of George Wingfield, uncle of the first Viscount of the 1618 creation. However, the 1665 creation also became extinct on the death of its first holder in 1717. It was created for a third time in 1744 for

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, along with title of Baron Wingfield, of Wingfield in the County of Wexford. He was the grandson of Lewis Wingfield, uncle of the first Viscount of the 1665 creation. Richard Wingfield had earlier represented

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in the

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. His eldest son, the second Viscount, represented Stockbridge in the

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. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Viscount, who married into the

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(from which all latter holders of the Powerscourt Viscountcy descend). The latter's grandson, the fifth Viscount, sat in the

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as an

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from 1821 to 1823. His son, the sixth Viscount, sat as a

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for Bath. On his death the titles passed to his son, the seventh Viscount, who was an Irish Representative Peer from 1865 to 1885. The latter year he was created Baron Powerscourt, of Powerscourt in the County of Wicklow, in the

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. This peerage gave him and his descendants an automatic seat in the House of Lords until the passing of the

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. His son, the eighth Viscount, served as Lord Lieutenant of County Wicklow and was a member of the short-lived

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. the titles are held by his great-grandson, the eleventh Viscount, who succeeded his father in 2015. The family seat was the once vast Powerscourt House, near

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Viscounts Powerscourt, First Creation (1618)

Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt, Privy Council of England, PC ({{circa1550 – 9 September 1634){{sfn, Dunlop, Barry, 2004 was an English-born army officer and military administrator during the reigns of Elizabeth I of England, Elizabet ...

(1550–1634)

Viscounts Powerscourt, Second Creation (1665)

* Folliott Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt (1642–1717)

Viscounts Powerscourt, Third Creation (1744)

Edward 2nd Viscount Powerscourt - Circle of Francis Cotes

(1697–1751) *

Edward Wingfield, 2nd Viscount Powerscourt Edward Wingfield, 2nd Viscount Powerscourt (23 October 1729 – 6 May 1764), styled The Honourable Edward Wingfield between 1744 and 1751, was an Irish politician. Wingfield was the son of Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt, by Dorothy ...

(1729–1764) *

Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt (24 December 1730 – 8 August 1788) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Biography Powerscourt was a younger son of Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt and Dorothy Beresford Rowley. He w ...

(1730–1788) * Richard Wingfield, 4th Viscount Powerscourt (1762–1809) *

Richard Wingfield, 5th Viscount Powerscourt Richard Wingfield, 5th Viscount Powerscourt (11 September 1790 – 9 August 1823) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was the son of Richard Wingfield, 4th Viscount Powerscourt and Lady Catherine Meade, daughter of John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam. ...

(1790–1823) *

Richard Wingfield, 6th Viscount Powerscourt Richard Wingfield, 6th Viscount Powerscourt (18 January 1815 – 11 August 1844), was a British peer and Conservative Party politician. Background Powerscourt was the son of Richard Wingfield, 5th Viscount Powerscourt, and Frances Theodosia, d ...

(1815–1844) *

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 ...

(1836–1904) * Mervyn Richard Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt (1880–1947) *

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 ...

(1905–1973) *

Mervyn Niall Wingfield, 10th Viscount Powerscourt Mervyn Niall Wingfield (3 September 1935- 25 July 2015) was the 10th Viscount Powerscourt, and also Baron Powerscourt, of Powerscourt in the County of Wicklow, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, succeeding his father April 3, 1973. He died in ...

(1935–2015) * Mervyn Anthony Wingfield, 11th Viscount Powerscourt (born 1963) The

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to the viscountcy is the current holder's fifth cousin once removed: Richard David Noel Wingfield (born 1966), a great-great-great-grandson of the Rev. Hon. Edward Wingfield (1792–1874), the third son of the fourth Viscount. He has a son, Dylan. There is no heir to the barony created in 1885. * ''

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(1836–1904)'' ****** '' Mervyn Richard Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt (1880–1947)'' ******* ''

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(1935-2015)'' ********* Mervyn Anthony Wingfield, 11th Viscount Powerscourt (born 1963) ***''Reverend Hon. Edward Wingfield (1792–1874)'' ****''Richard Robert Wingfield (1820–1896)'' *****''Richard William Wingfield (1849–1918)'' ******''Noel Sparks Wingfield (1907–1992)'' *******''Patrick Noel Wingfield (1934–2018)'' ********(1) Richard David Noel Wingfield (born 1966) *********(2) Dylan Patrick Wingfield (b. 1999) ********(3) Jeremy James Wingfield (born 1974) ****''George John Wingfield (1822–1860)'' *****''Sir Anthony Henry Wingfield (1857–1952)'' ******''Anthony Edward Foulis Wingfield (1892–1946)'' *******''Gervase Christopher Brinsmade Wingfield (1931–1964)'' ********(4). Andrew Nicholas Brinsmade Wingfield (b. 1959) *********(5). Edward Nicholas Anthony Wingfield (b. 1991) *********(6). Henry John Gervase Wingfield (b. 1994) ****''Edward ffolliott Wingfield (1823–1865)'' *****''Edward Rhys Wingfield (1849–1901)'' ******''Mervyn Edward George Rhys Wingfield (1872–1952)'' *******''Charles Talbot Rhys Wingfield (1924–2007)'' ********(7). Richard Mervyn Rhys Wingfield (b. 1967) *********(8). Alexander Wingfield (b. 2003) *********(9). Edward Wingfield (b. 2005) *********(10). Charles Wingfield (b. 2008) *******(11). David de Cardonnel ffolliot Rhys Wingfield (b. 1933) *******(12). Jonathan Fitz Uryan Rhys Wingfield (b. 1935) ******''William Jocelyn Rhys Wingfield (1873–1942)'' *******''William Thomas Rhys Wingfield (1907–1976)'' ********(13). Jocelyn James Rhys Wingfield (b. 1937) ********''Robert Taylor Rhys Wingfield (1940–1999)'' *********(14). James Hamilton Rhys Wingfield (b. 1971) *********(15). Charles Timothy Wingfield (b. 1974) ********(16). George Anthony Rhys Wingfield (b. 1942) *********(17). Rupert Bolingbroke Rhys Wingfield (b. 1972) **********(18). James Robert Rhys Wingfield (b. 2006) *********(19). Michael Somerset Rhys Wingfield (b. 1975) ******''Cecil John Talbot Rhys Wingfield (1881–1915)'' *******''Edward William Rhys Wingfield (1905–1984)'' ********(20). Philip John Wingfield (b. 1938) *********(21). Edward Mervyn Wingfield (b. 1973) ***''Rev. Hon. William Wingfield (1799–1880)'' ****''Richard Thomas Wingfield (1835–1870)'' *****''Rev. William Edward Wingfield (1867–1927)'' ******''John Anthony David Wingfield (1905–1983)'' *******(22). John Mervyn Wingfield (b. 1944) ********(23). Richard John Wingfield (b. 1972) ********(24). David Mervyn Wingfield (b. 1975) ********(25). Christopher Robert Wingfield (b. 1978) *******(26). Robert Edward Melville Wingfield (b. 1950) ********(27). Jeremy Wingfield (b. 1981) ******'' Mervyn Robert George Wingfield (1911–2005)'' *******(28). Richard Mervyn Wingfield (b. 1942) ********(29). James Richard Wingfield (b. 1973) *********(30). Kit George Oscar Wingfield (b. 2009) *********(31). Noah William Gray Wingfield (b. 2014) *******(32). William Peter Wingfield (b. 1948) **''Hon. John Wingfield-Stratford (1772–1850)'' ***''John Wingfield-Stratford (1810–1881)'' ****''Francis Mervyn Wingfield-Stratford (1864–1932)'' *****''Mervyn Verner Wingfield-Stratford (1907–1982)'' ******(33). Mervyn Peter Douglas Wingfield-Stratford (b. 1936) *******(34). James Richard Mervyn Wingfield-Stratford (b. 1973)

Ancestry

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Powerscourt Viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1618 Noble titles created in 1665 Noble titles created in 1744 Stratford family