Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt

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Mervyn Richard Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt KP MVO (16 July 1880 21 March 1947)[1] was an Anglo-Irish peer.

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Viscount Powerscourt

PredecessorMervyn Edward Wingfield
SuccessorMervyn Patrick Wingfield
BornMervyn Richard Wingfield
16 July 1880
London, England
Died21 March 1947
Powerscourt Estate, County Wicklow, Ireland
NationalityIrish
ResidencePowerscourt Estate
Spouse(s)Sybil Pleydell-Bouverie (m. 1903)
IssueDoreen, Meryvn and Bryan
OccupationPublic service, involvement in Irish politics, and military service during WWI
Military career
Service / branchIrish Guards
Years of service1914–1918
RankCaptain
AwardsBelgian Croix de Guerre, Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
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Life

Wingfield was born to Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt, whom he succeeded as Viscount Powerscourt in 1904.

He was commissioned in the Irish Guards in February 1901, and promoted to Lieutenant on 3 July 1901. The Irish Guards had been created in 1900, and Wingfield was chosen to carry the colours at the first presentation of Colours to the Regiment on 30 May 1902, following which he was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO).[2][3] He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow on 15 February 1910 and created a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 18 April 1916.[citation needed]

He served as Commissioner for Leinster in the Dublin Boy Scouts and allowed Scouts to have extensive access to the Powerscourt Estate for camping. He was involved in early Scouting milestones, attending the 1st World Scout Jamboree at Olympia in 1920. He was awarded the Silver Wolf by the Scout Association in 1924 and welcomed Baden Powell to the estate in 1928 to review a party of Scouts.

Lord Powerscourt died on 21 March 1947.[citation needed]

Family

In 1903, he married Sybil Pleydell-Bouverie: they had three children, including Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt. Lady Powerscourt served as the Girl Guides Deputy Chief Commissioner for Ireland.[4]

Through the Wingfield line he was a descendant of the Noble House of Stratford. He is a great-grandfather of Sarah, Duchess of York through her mother Susan Barrantes, who is Powerscourt's granddaughter.[5]

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