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DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. POWERSCOURT, VISCOUNT. (VINGFIELD.) MERVYN WINGFIELD, K.P. 7th Viscount, in the peerage of Ireland, and a Repre- sentative Peer for Ireland. Born Oct. 13th, 1836; succeeded his father in 1844; was educated at Eton ; entered the 1 st Life Guards as Cornet and Sub-Lieut. 1854, became Lieut. 1856, retired 1862 ; is a Dep. Lieut, of Wicklow and a Magistrate for that county, Dublin, Tyrone and Wexford: married (1864) Lady Julia Coke, eldest daughter of the 2nd Earl of Fidelity is of God. Leicester. Brother living, Lewis Strange, heir presumptive, b. 1842: was educated at Eton, and Bonn : m. 1868, the Hon. Cecilia, daughter of the 1st Baron Castletown. Residence, 8, Maida Vale, W. Club , Garrick. Creation, Baron Wingfield and Viscount Powerscourt, in the peerage of Ireland, 1743. Slrms, Argent : on a bend, gules, cottised, sable, three pair of wings conjoined in lure, of the field. Crest, An eagle, wings displayed, argent, gazing on the sun, proper. Supporters, Two pegasi, argent, manes, hoofs, and wings (inverted), or. Seat, Powerscourt-,castle, Enniskerry (co.) Wicklow, Ireland. Town Residence, 65, Brook-street, W. Clubs, White's, Maryborough, Brooks's. POWERSCOTJRT, Viscount, His lordship's predecessor was his father, Richard, 6th Viscount Powerscourt. He was b. January 18, 1815, and succeeded his father, Aug. 9, 1823 ; was for many years M.P. for Bath: m. Jan. 22, 1836, Lady Elizabeth Frances Charlotte Jocelyn, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Roden, K.P. and d. Aug. 11, 1844, having had issue three sons. Her ladyship m. 2ndly, in 1846, the 4th Marquess of London- derry, K.P. Powerscourt, Viscountess, donderry.) (see Elizabeth, Marchioness of Lon- POWIS, EARL OF. (HERBERT.] Boldly and sincerely. EDWARD JAMES HERBERT, 3rd Earl, LL.D. D.C.L. High Steward of Cambridge University. Born Nov. 5th, 1818; suc- ceeded his father in 1848; was educated at Eton, and at St. John's College, Cam- bridge, (M.A. 1st class Classics; LL.D. 1842); created Hon. D.C.L. of Oxford, 1857 ; sat as M.P. for North Shropshire, 1843 8; is a Dep. Lieut, and a Magi- strate for Shropshire, and Montgomery- shire, and (since 1863) High Steward of Cambridge University. Brothers living, Sir Percy Egertoii, P.C. K.C.B. M.P. heir presumptive, b. 1822; was edu- cated at Eton, and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst ; entered the 43rd Foot as Ensign, 1840, became Capt. 1840, Major, 1853, Col. 1855, Lieut.-Col, 82nd Foot, 1858, Major- Gen. 1868, and Lieut.-G.n. 1875; served in the Kaffir War, 18513, in the expedition to the Orange River sovereignty, at the battle of Berea, in the Crimea, including the battles of the Alma and Inkermann, and the siege and fall of Sebastopol, and in the Indian Mutiny .