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Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt.
English army officer and military administrator (c.1551-1634)
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About Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt
Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt, PC 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.
Everything about Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt →- Occupation
- politician, army officer
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1551
- Died
- September 9, 1634