Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt
Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt (24 December 1730 – 8 August 1788) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Viscount Powerscourt | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Wicklow | |
| In office 1761–1764 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Wingfield 24 December 1730 |
| Died | 8 August 1788 (aged 57) |
| Spouse |
Lady Amelia Stratford
(m. 1760, died) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt Dorothy Beresford Rowley |
| Residence | Powerscourt House, Dublin |
Biography
Powerscourt was a younger son of Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt and Dorothy Beresford Rowley. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1746. He served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for County Wicklow from 1761 to 1764. That year he succeeded his brother, Edward Wingfield, 2nd Viscount Powerscourt, in his titles and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords.[1]
He lived in Powerscourt House, Dublin.
He married Lady Amelia Stratford, daughter of John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough and Martha O'Neale, on 7 September 1760. Powerscourt was succeeded by his eldest son, Richard.[1]
References
- ^ a b William Courthope (Ed.), Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (J. G. & F. Rivington, 1838), p.629-30 (Retrieved 5 October 2016).