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	Kerr Family Chronicles - Christopher E. Brennen
		Parish of Clonfeacle, Townland of Sanaghanroe, from Viscount Powerscourt:
		Parish of Clonfeacle, Townland of Dunseark, from Viscount Powerscourt:
		Parish of Clonfeacle, Townland of Drummond, from Viscount Powerscourt:
	www.dankat.com /kerr/file1a.htm (1636 words)

	Viscount Powerscourt -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The title of Viscount Powerscourt has been created several times in the (Click link for more info and facts about Peerage of Ireland) Peerage of Ireland, each time for members of the Wingfield family.
		The Viscount bears the subsidiary titles of Baron Wingfield (1744) in the Peerage of Ireland and Baron Powerscourt (1885) in the (Click link for more info and facts about Peerage of the United Kingdom) Peerage of the United Kingdom.
		Under the latter title, the Viscount sat in the (The upper house of the British parliament) House of Lords before 1999.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/viscount_powerscourt.htm (149 words)

	Ireland Travel Guide: County Wicklow
		Powerscourt House and Gardens near Enniskerry just outside Dublin, were laid out magnificently in a 14,000 acre estate overlooking the Little Sugar Loaf in the Wicklow Mountains under the direction of successive Viscount Powerscourts.
		Powerscourt House was totally gutted by fire in 1974 just after it had been completely renovated, however the building has since been partially restored and the downstairs rooms now house shops, a café which opens onto the terrace and an exhibition about the estate's history which includes an entertaining audiovisuals show.
		Powerscourt Waterfall - The Powerscourt Waterfall, a few miles away from Powerscourt House set scenically in the Wicklow Mountains, is the highest waterfall in Britain and Ireland at 400 feet.
	www.authenticireland.com /holiday/travel_guide/wicklow.htm (1283 words)

	Enniskerry - Gateway to the Garden of Ireland
		Powerscourt and many other houses were burned out, and Sir Richard, who hurried to join the army of Ormond in the king's cause, died in his service in 1645 leaving an heir Folliott who was only three.
		A memorial to this viscount, bearing the names of the two Theodosias whom he married, was transferred from the old church to the present church in 1918, as were several other Wingfield memorials.
		Mervyn Edward, the seventh Viscount from 1844 to 1904, laid the foundation stone with a mallet and trowel of Wicklow silver on the day he came of age in October 1857, and a description of the day's events may be read in the contemporary Illustrated London News.
	www.enniskerry.ie /index.php?pind=66 (5092 words)

	WINGLI, HULDREICH - LoveToKnow Article on WINGLI, HULDREICH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		1717), was created Viscount Powerscourt in 1665, but the title again became extinct when he died.
		In 1744 his cousin, Richard Wingfield (1697-1751), was created Viscount Powers-court, and his descendants have held this title until the present day.
		Mervyn Wingfield (1836-1904), the 7th viscount, was created a peer of the United Kingdom as Baron Powerscourt in 1885.
	55.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WI/WINGLI_HULDREICH.htm (587 words)

	ALL IRELAND TRAVEL - www.all-ireland.com
		It was commissioned by the 7th Viscount and brought from Bamberg Cathedral in Bavaria.
		Enter through a turnstile on the ground floor and walk up the grand staircase to the upper floor where you'll see a small brick room that shows a short video of the history of the house as well as a sculpture that was rescued from the house fire.
		Powerscourt Waterfall - part of the original estate but today visitors will have to drive to it since it's at the back of the estate.
	www.all-ireland.com /attractions/p/powerscourt.htm (1146 words)

	Turned Earth- O'Connell Landscape's Blog: The Irish Formal Garden: Powerscourt
		The sixth Viscount of Powerscourt began development of the grounds as a start of their eventual modern form, but it wasn’t until his son Richard, the seventh Viscount of Powerscourt, took over the estate after his father’s death, that estate’s grounds really begin to metamorphose.
		Robertson worked for the sixth Viscount and although he and the Viscount would die before they’re plans were realized, the foundation was set for what was to occur next.
		The Viscount then entertained plans from four other designers, and the combination of their work continued to develop the project and its specific details.
	www.oclandscape.com /ocblog/archives/2005/09/the_irish_forma.html (1505 words)

	Berger Collection (BCET) \| Artwork \| View of Powerscourt Demesne \| William Ashford
		Earlier, in the 18th century, Wingfield's grandfather, the 1st Viscount, had built Powerscourt House in the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains in eastern Ireland, overlooking the Dargle Valley.
		The house was designed by the Irish architect Richard Castle, who, with the gardener George Dean, landscaped the surrounding area into a "fairy-tale demesne," with an amphitheatre of grass terraces, parterres, vistas, viewing points, obelisks, and gates.
		Ashford's painting is set in Powerscourt's woodland, looking down the slope into the Dargle Valley, which then recedes upwards into the hazy horizon of the mountain beyond.
	www.bergercollection.org /artwork_detail.php?i=44 (417 words)

	List of Viscounts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Viscounts of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801
		Viscounts of the United Kingdom and of Ireland after 1801
		The Viscount Stansgate (1942, presently disclaimed by the Rt.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/List-of-Viscounts.htm (191 words)

	Benburb Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		There is a record of the sale of the estate to Nicholas White in 1615, but the significance of this is unclear as Wingfield was in possession of Benburb 1n 1618-19.
		Sir Richard was created Viscount Powerscourt in 1618 and died in 1634.
		The use of the defensive flanker towers as houses was not uncommon, and the Benburb ones made a comfortable house.
	www.servites-benburb.com /index_files/Page382.htm (831 words)

	Irish Houses of Parliament - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Within a couple of years of the abolition of the Irish parliament, Viscount Powerscourt, who had been a member of the House of Lords, sold this Dublin residence.
		The abolition of the parliament in 1800 had a major economic impact on the life of the city.
		Though parliament itself was based on the exclusion of Irish Catholics, many catholic nationalist historians and writers blamed the absence of parliament for the increased impovertisation of Dublin, with many of the large mansions in areas like Henrietta Street sold to unscrupulous property developers and landlords who reduced them to tenements.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Irish_Houses_of_Parliament (3712 words)

	Formal and Walled Gardens in Enniskerry - Ornamental Lakes - Rambling Walks - Co. Wicklow
		One of the world’s great gardens situated 20km south of Dublin in the foothills of the Wicklow mountains.
		The gardens were begun by Richard Wingfield, Viscount Powerscourt, in the 1740s.
		Powerscourt Waterfall, Ireland’s highest at 398 ft. also features a sand and water play area and the unique space net (separate charge).
	www.gardensireland.com /powerscourt-gardens.html (185 words)

	Powerscourt Gardens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Set half a mile (0.8km) south of Enniskerry (Áth na Sceire), ford of the reef, Powerscourt estate is magnificent.
		It was designed and built between 1731 and 1740 by Richard Cassels for Richard Wingfield, MP, who later became the 1st Viscount Powerscourt.The house was pretty well burned down in 1974.
		Three miles south of the garden is Powerscourt waterfall, which visitors can also visit.
	www.fionasplace.net /powerscourtgardens.html (255 words)

	Dublin bus tours and coach hire - Ireland
		"What makes the garden at Powerscourt so remarkable is their grandeur of scale combined, as so rarely happens, with great delicacy and refinement of detail.
		Powerscourt is a magnificent example of an aristocratic garden laid out with taste, knowledge and imagination."
		The 7th Viscount Powerscourt established a deer park here and in 1858 successfully introduced the Japanese Sika deer to Ireland
	www.bushq.com /alpine (161 words)

	Shopping, Crafts and Antiques in Dublin - Powerscourt Town House Centre - South William Street
		Now an award winning shopping centre this palazzo was built for the 4th Viscount Powerscourt, Richard Wingfield, as a family town house.
		Unusually the house and its offices were laid out around a hollow square, this has now been enclosed and is a centre for fashion, antiques, crafts, restaurants and cafes.
		The refurbished Powerscourt Town House was nominated by the Irish Government as a national demonstration project for submission to the Council of Europe as part of its 1981 European Campaign for Urban Renaissance.
	www.castlesireland.com /powerscourt-town.html (151 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 3186
		He was the son of Richard Wingfield, 4th Viscount Powerscourt and Catherine Meade.
		She married, firstly, Reverend Edward Wingfield, son of Richard Wingfield, 4th Viscount Powerscourt and Catherine Meade, on 12 April 1819.
		He was the son of Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt and Dorothy Beresford Rowley.
	www.thepeerage.com /p3186.htm (504 words)

	Wingfields In History
		My grandfather's production of the family tree is exceptionally complex owing to the high fertility of some of his early ancestors, and it becomes difficult to correlate the generations of those of several branches that developed.
		He had also received 800 acres for a demesne in the county of Wexford and in 1610 a grant of the castle and lands of Benburb in the county of Tyrone (now Northern Ireland) containing 2000 acres.
		The gardens of Powerscourt were and still are, reputed to be some to the most beautiful in all of Europe.
	www.wingfield.org /family.htm (6257 words)

	Find in a Library: Gorgeous drawing-room in the mansion of Lord Powerscourt, near Dublin, Ireland
		Gorgeous drawing-room in the mansion of Lord Powerscourt, near Dublin, Ireland
		Subjects: Powerscourt, Mervyn Edward Wingfield, -- 7th viscount, -- 1836-1904 -- Homes & haunts.
		Powerscourt, Mervyn Edward Wingfield, -- Viscount, -- 1836-1904 -- Homes & haunts.
	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/f5951eb246f09fe0a19afeb4da09e526.html (97 words)

	Portrait Miniature of Viscount, C Robertson
		Portrait miniature in watercolor on ivory of Richard Wingfield, Viscount Powerscourt (probably the 3rd), circa 1785, attributed to the Irish artist Charles Robertson (1760-1821).
		The Viscount was descended from a 15th century nobleman of the same name, who was a courtier of Henry VII.
		In the 17th century, another Richard Wingfield served in Ireland and was granted estates there.
	www.trocadero.com /stores/granitepail/items/177142/item177142.html (155 words)

	Peerage of Ireland - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Also, if the peer holds a lower title in the Peerages of England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom, and therefore sat by such a peerage in the House of Lords, such a lower title is listed.
		Viscount Leinster of Taplow in the Peerage of Great Britain
		Viscount Bridport in the Peerage of the UK The Lord Graves
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Peerage_of_Ireland (749 words)

	Kerr Family Chronicles - Christopher E. Brennen
		In the Griffith Valuation of about 1860 he is listed as holding from Viscount Powerscourt, one parcel of land of over 65 acres worth 45 pounds and another of 3 acres in Drumnastrade.
		In the Griffith Valuation of about 1860, James Kerr, junior, is listed as holding a house and farm in Drumnastrade from Viscount Powerscourt.
		Anne Kerr who may have been his widow is listed as holding 17 acres of land and a house worth 1 pound from Viscount Powerscourt in the townland of Mullycarnan.
	www.dankat.com /kerr/apdx2a.htm (3684 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 40 - 25 November, 1931 - Ceisteanna.—Questions. Oral Answers. - Area and Valuation of ...
		Smith) asked the Minister for Lands and Fisheries if he can state the area and valuation of the demesne lands of the following: Viscount Lascelles, Viscount Powerscourt, and Lord Rathdonnell.
		Roddy: Viscount Lascelles, now the Earl of Harewood, appears to be the owner of Portumne Demesne in Co. Galway containing some 1,425 acres—Poor Law Valuation £798, including buildings.
		Viscount Powerscourt appears to be the owner of Demesne lands in Co. Wicklow comprising some 1,845 acres— Poor Law Valuation £1,346.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0040/D.0040.193111250018.html (119 words)

	I16846: Mervyn Wingfield 7th Viscount Powerscourt ( - )
		Mervyn Wingfield 7th Viscount Powerscourt and Unknown spouse had the following children
		Descendants of Mervyn Wingfield 7th Viscount Powerscourt and ???
		1 Mervyn Powerscourt Wingfield 8th Viscount Powerscourt = Unknown
	web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/nigel.battysmith/Database/D0007/I16846.html (38 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 3360
		Sir Richard Wingfield, Viscount Powerscourt was born before 1634.
		Folliott Wingfield, Viscount Powerscourt was baptised on 2 November 1642.
		Folliott Wingfield, Viscount Powerscourt was styled as Viscount Powerscourt.
	www.thepeerage.com /p3360.htm (532 words)

	I16843: Richard Wingfield 4th Viscount Powerscourt ( - )
		Richard Wingfield 4th Viscount Powerscourt and Unknown spouse had the following children
		Descendants of Richard Wingfield 4th Viscount Powerscourt and ???
		1 Mervyn Wingfield 7th Viscount Powerscourt = Unknown
	web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/nigel.battysmith/Database/D0030/I16843.html (76 words)

	Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt (1905-1973), Major
		Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt (1905-1973), Major
		Sheila Claude Wingfield (née Beddington), Viscountess Powerscourt; Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt
		The online database contains information on 64,720 works, 43,628 of which are illustrated; the National Portrait Gallery's collection includes over 330,000 works.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp66495 (80 words)

	Genealogy Report (Register) to HTML file (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		2nd Viscount Powerscourt Edward WINGFIELD (5457) was born on 23 October 1729 at
		3rd Viscount Powerscourt Richard WINGFIELD (5458), born 1730; married
		1St Earl Of Kingston Viscount Kingston Edward KING (5852).
	www.wingfield.org /charts/dewin018.htm (8473 words)

	Worldroots.com
		Richard Wingfield, 6th Viscount Powerscourt, son of Richard
		Viscount Bolingbroke, 3rd Viscount St.John and Lady Diana
		Anne Dundas, daughter of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount
	worldroots.com /brigitte/famous/h/henry8englanddesc-21.htm (775 words)

	wingfield02
		Families covered: Wingfield of Easton, Wingfield of Letheringham, Wingfield of Powerscourt, Wingfield of Tickencote, Wingfield of Upton
		Folliott Wingfield, Viscount Powerscourt (bpt 02.11.1642, dsp bur 17.02.1717)
		Edward Wingfield, 2nd Viscount Powerscourt (b 23.10.1729, d unm 06.05.1764)
	www.stirnet.com /HTML/genie/british/ww/wingfield02.htm (999 words)

	our_jewish_aristocracy.htm
		5th Marquess Camden married 1st Viscount Bledisloe married
		2nd Viscount Scarsdale married Sir M. Beckett married a
		9th Viscount Powerscourt mar- Sir R. Milnes-Coates married
	www.jrbooksonline.com /HTML-docs/our_jewish_aristocracy.htm (444 words)

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