Richard Wingfield, 4th Viscount Powerscourt
Richard Wingfield, 4th Viscount Powerscourt (29 October 1762 – 19 July 1809) was an Irish nobleman, landowner, and politician. He was the son of Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt, and Lady Amelia Stratford. He became the 4th Viscount Powerscourt on 8 August 1788, inheriting large estates in County Wicklow and the title Baron Wingfield of Wingfield, County Wexford.
As a member of the Irish Parliament, he opposed the Act of Union of 1800, which aimed to merge Ireland and Great Britain; only a few Irish peers shared his view.
In 1800 he sold the family’s Dublin townhouse, Powerscourt House, to the government, and it later became the Stamp Office after the Union.
He married twice. First, on 30 June 1789, to Lady Catherine Meade, daughter of John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam, and Theodosia Magill. They had three children. Second, on 9 February 1796, to Isabella Brownlow, daughter of William Brownlow and Catherine Hall. They also had three children.
Richard Wingfield died on 19 July 1809.
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