Richard Wingfield, 6th Viscount Powerscourt
Richard Wingfield, 6th Viscount Powerscourt( 18 January 1815 – 11 August 1844), was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.
Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt (third creation)
Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt PC
(I) (19 August 1697 – 21 October 1751) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Powerscourt was the son of the politician Edward Wingfield and his wife, Eleanor Gore, a daughter of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet.
He was a descendant of the uncle of Folliott Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt.
He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Boyle between 1727 and 1743.
On 4 February 1743 he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Viscount Powerscourt, of Powerscourt in County Wicklow, and Baron Wingfield, of Wingfield in County Wexford, and he assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords.
In 1746 he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.
On 13 April 1727 he married Dorothy Beresford Rowley, and together they had four children.
He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Edward.
Edward was in turn succeeded by the first Viscount's second son, Richard.
Powerscourt was responsible for commissioning the German architect, Richard Cassels, to carry out extensive remodelling work on Powerscourt House between 1731 and 1741.
Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt
Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt( 24 December 1730 – 8 August 1788) was an Anglo- Irish politician and peer.
Sir Edward Wingfield Verner, 5th Baronet
Sir Edward Wingfield Verner, 5th Baronet( 22 November 1865 – 1 November 1936), was a British soldier.
Verner was the son of Sir Edward Wingfield Verner, 4th Baronet, and Selina Florence Nugent.
He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Norfolk Regiment, and retired from the army in December 1901.
He married Agnes Dorothy Laming, daughter of Henry Laming, on 23 July 1901.
He died on 1 November 1936 at age 70.
Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt
Mervyn Richard Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt( 16 July 1880 – 21 March 1947) was an Irish peer.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Edward Wingfield, 2nd Viscount Powerscourt
Edward Wingfield, 2nd Viscount Powerscourt (23 October 1729 – 6 May 1764), styled The Honourable Edward Wingfield between 1744 and 1751, was an Irish politician.
Wingfield was the son of Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt, by Dorothy Beresford Rowley, daughter of Hercules Rowley, of Summerhill, County Meath.
he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.
He succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1751.
This was an Irish peerage and gave him a seat in the Irish House of Lords.
However, he was still able to stand for election for the British House of Commons, and in 1756 he was successfully returned for Stockbridge, a seat he held until 1761.
Lord Powerscourt died unmarried in May 1764, aged 34, and was succeeded in the title by his younger brother, Richard.
Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt
Mervyn Edward Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt (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:
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.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Folliott Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt
Folliott Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt( 2 November 1642 – c. 5 February 1717), was an Anglo- Irish politician and peer.
He was the son of Richard Wingfield and Elizabeth Folliott, a daughter of Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott.
William Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Duncannon, was his younger halfbrother.
Wingfield served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Wicklow County between 1661 and 1665.
On 22 February 1665, he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Viscount Powerscourt and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords.
He married Lady Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, and Lady Margaret Howard, in September 1660.
Upon his death his titles became extinct.
A descendant of his uncle was created Viscount Powerscourt in 1743 to revive the title.

Question: What is the date of death of Edward Wingfield, 2Nd Viscount Powerscourt's father?
Answer: 21 October 1751