Richard Wingfield, 6th Viscount Powerscourt
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Richard Wingfield, 6th Viscount Powerscourt (18 January 1815 – 11 August 1844), was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.
Predecessor Richard Wingfield
SuccessorMervyn Wingfield
Other titlesBaron Wingfield (UK)
BornRichard Wingfield
18 January 1815
18 January 1815
Viscount Powerscourt | |
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| Predecessor | Richard Wingfield |
| Successor | Mervyn Wingfield |
| Other titles | Baron Wingfield (UK) |
| Born | Richard Wingfield 18 January 1815 |
| Died | 11 August 1844 (aged 29) |
| Noble family | Wingfield family |
| Spouse | Lady Elizabeth Frances Charlotte |
| Issue | 3 children, including Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt |
| Father | Richard Wingfield, 5th Viscount Powerscourt |
| Mother | Lady Frances Theodosia Jocelyn |
| Occupation | Peer, Politician |
Powerscourt was the son of Richard Wingfield, 5th Viscount Powerscourt, and Frances Theodosia, daughter of Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Earl of Roden. Through the Wingfield line he was a descendant of the Noble House of Stratford.[1] After the death of his mother in 1820, his father remarried Theodosia Howard, who raised him until he succeeded to his father's title 1823.[2]
