Ancestral Trails 2016 » Mervyn WINGFIELD (1836-1904)

Personal data Mervyn WINGFIELD 

  • He was born on October 13, 1836 in Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland.
  • Title: 7th Viscount Powerscourt
  • He died on June 5, 1904 in Portland Place, Marylebone, Middlesex, he was 67 years old.

Household of Mervyn WINGFIELD

He is married to Julia COKE.

They got married on April 26, 1864 at St George, Hanover Square, Belgravia, Westminster, Middlesex, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  3. Clare Meriel WINGFIELD  1886-1969 


Notes about Mervyn WINGFIELD

Son of Richard Wingfield and Elizabeth Frances Charlotte Jocelyn

Mervyn Edward Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt KP PC (Ire) (13 October 1836 - 5 June 1904) was an Irish peer. He became Viscount Powerscourt in 1844 on the death of his father Richard Wingfield, 6th Viscount Powerscourt. Through this Wingfield line he was a maternal descendant of the Noble House of Stratford. His mother was Lady Elizabeth Frances Charlotte, daughter of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden.

On 26 April 1864, Wingfield married Lady Julia Coke, the daughter of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester. They had five children:

Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt (1880-1947), a great-grandfather of Sarah, Duchess of York
Maj.-Gen. Hon. Maurice Anthony Wingfield (21 June 1883 - 14 April 1956), married Sybil Frances Leyland and had issue. He was Lees Knowles Lecturer in 1924
Hon. Olive Elizabeth Wingfield (6 November 1884 - May 1978), married Maj. William John Bates van de Weyer and had issue
Hon. Clare Meriel Wingfield (5 June 1886-1969), married Arthur Chichester, 4th Baron Templemore
Hon. Lilah Katherine Julia Wingfield (13 January 1888-1981), married Sir Clive Morrison-Bell, 1st Baronet

Powerscourt was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 2 August 1871. He was created Baron Powerscourt in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1885, enabling him to sit in the House of Lords.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Wingfield,_7th_Viscount_Powerscourt

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Birthday October 13, 1836

  • The temperature on October 13, 1836 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent betrokken winderig regen. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1836: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • April 20 » U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
    • May 4 » Formation of Ancient Order of Hibernians
    • May 14 » The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
    • June 16 » The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
    • September 5 » Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
    • October 16 » Great Trek: Afrikaner voortrekkers repulse a Matabele attack, but lose their livestock.

Day of marriage April 26, 1864

  • The temperature on April 26, 1864 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
    • May 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
    • June 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
    • June 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
    • July 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
    • December 8 » Pope Pius IX promulgates the encyclical Quanta cura and its appendix, the Syllabus of Errors, outlining the authority of the Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas.

Day of death June 5, 1904

  • The temperature on June 5, 1904 was between 9.9 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
    • February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
    • February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
    • May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
    • May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
    • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.


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