The Viscount Powerscourt | |
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Member of Parliament for Boyle | |
In office 1727–1743 Serving with Arthur French | |
Preceded by | Henry King Robert Sandford |
Succeeded by | Arthur French Sir Robert King, Bt |
Personal details | |
Born | Richard Wingfield 19 August 1697 |
Died | 21 October 1751 | (aged 54)
Spouse(s) |
Anne Usher
(m. 1721, died)Dorothy Beresford Rowley
(m. 1727) |
Relations | Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet (grandfather) |
Children | 4, including Edward Wingfield, 2nd Viscount Powerscourt and Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt |
Parent(s) | Edward Wingfield Eleanor Gore |
Residence | Powerscourt House |
Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt PC (I) (19 August 1697 – 21 October 1751) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.