Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt (first creation)

The Right Honourable

Richard Wingfield

PC
Viscount Powerscourt
Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt, 1618 by Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen
Bornc. 1551
Died9 September 1634(1634-09-09) (aged 82–83)
ResidencePowerscourt
Noble familyWingfield
Spouse
Frances Rugge
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(died 1631)​
FatherSir Richard Wingfield
MotherChristian Fitzwilliam
Occupation
  • Army officer
  • Military administrator

Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt, PC (c. 1551 – 9 September 1634) was an English-born army officer and military administrator during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. He is notable for his defeat of Sir Cahir O'Doherty's forces at the 1608 Battle of Kilmacrennan during O'Doherty's Rebellion in Ireland.

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