Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt

Mervyn Edward Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt KP PC (Ire) (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 was a maternal descendant of the Noble House of Stratford. His mother was Lady Elizabeth Frances Charlotte, daughter of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden.

Portrait of Viscount Powerscourt from his catalog in 1903

On 26 April 1864, Wingfield married Lady Julia Coke, the daughter of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester. They had five children:[1]

Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt (1880–1947), a great-grandfather of Sarah, Duchess of York
Maj.-Gen. Hon. Maurice Anthony Wingfield (21 June 1883 – 14 April 1956), married Sybil Frances Leyland and had issue. He was Lees Knowles Lecturer 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

Powerscourt was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 2 August 1871.[2] He was created Baron Powerscourt in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1885, enabling him to sit in the House of Lords.[3]

Art collection

Lord Powerscourt collected paintings as a hobby and published a catalog in 1903 called A description and history of Powerscourt.[4] He sometimes included details about his purchases in his list.

The painting of 'The Broken Eggs' by Jan Steen, according to Lord Powerscourt, shows "portraits of Jan Steen and his friend Van Goyen".

References

"thePeerage.com". Retrieved 2008-12-14.
Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Archived from the original on 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
"No. 25486". The London Gazette. 3 July 1885. p. 3060.
A description and history of Powerscourt, by Powerscourt, Mervyn Edward Wingfield, Viscount, 1903

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Powerscourt

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Richard Wingfield	Viscount Powerscourt 1844–1904	Succeeded by Mervyn Richard Wingfield
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Powerscourt 1885–1904	Succeeded by Mervyn Richard Wingfield
Political offices
Preceded by The Viscount Gort	Representative peer for Ireland 1865–1904	Succeeded by The Lord Bellew

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[1] "thePeerage.com". Retrieved 2008-12-14.

[2] Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Archived from the original on 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2008-12-13.

[3] "No. 25486". The London Gazette. 3 July 1885. p. 3060.

[4] A description and history of Powerscourt, by Powerscourt, Mervyn Edward Wingfield, Viscount, 1903