Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt

Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt (24 December 1730 – 8 August 1788) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.

The Right Honourable
Viscount Powerscourt
Member of Parliament for Wicklow
In office
1761–1764
Personal details
Born
Richard Wingfield

(1730-12-24)24 December 1730
Died8 August 1788(1788-08-08) (aged 57)
Spouse(s)
Lady Amelia Stratford
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(m. 1760, died)​

Children2
Parent(s)Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt
Dorothy Beresford Rowley
ResidencePowerscourt 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ 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).
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Wicklow
1761 – 1764
With: Ralph Howard 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Viscount Powerscourt
1764–1788 		Succeeded by