13-1575: Wingfield may refer to: People [ edit ] Anthony Wingfield (disambiguation) , multiple people Brenda Wingfield , South African geneticist Lady Bridget Wingfield (died 1534), neighbour, close friend and lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England Cecil Wingfield (1893–1955), Australian politician Cecil Wingfield-Stratford (1853–1939), British Army officer, and footballer Sir Charles John Wingfield (1820–1892), British civil servant in Bengal, later an MP Sir Charles Wingfield (1877–1960), British diplomat Charlotte Wingfield (born 1994), Maltese Olympic sprinter Dick Wingfield-Digby ( Richard Shuttleworth Wingfield-Digby ; 1911–2007), Dean of Peterborough (1966–1980) Dontonio Wingfield (born 1974), former American professional basketball player Edward Wingfield (disambiguation) , multiple people Eileen Wani Wingfield , Aboriginal elder from Australia Esmé Cecil Wingfield-Stratford (1882–1971), British historian Folliott Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt (1642–1717), Member of Parliament for Wicklow County Francis Wingfield or Wingfeild (1628–unknown), English lawyer and Member of Parliament George Wingfield (1876–1959), Nevada banker and miner Gus Wingfield (1926–2024), American banker and politician Harry Wingfield ( John Henry Wingfield ; 1910–2002), English illustrator Humphrey Wingfield (died 1545), English lawyer, Speaker of
26-667: A former station South Africa [ edit ] SAS Wingfield , a South African Navy base Wingfield Aerodrome , Cape Town, South Africa United States [ edit ] Wingfield High School , Jackson, Mississippi Wingfield Township, Geary County, Kansas Other uses [ edit ] Wingfield Sculls , a sculling race for the Championship of the Thames Wingfield Series , plays by Dan Needles The Wingfield family, protagonists of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie Topics referred to by
39-401: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Anthony Wingfield (disambiguation) Anthony Wingfield was an English MP for Suffolk and Horsham. Anthony Wingfield may also refer to: Sheila Wingfield The Rt Hon. Sheila Wingfield, Viscountess Powerscourt (née Sheila Claude Beddington ; 23 May 1906 – 8 January 1992),
52-648: The House of Commons Ian Wingfield , Solicitor General of Hong Kong (2007–2010) Jacques Wingfield (1519-1587), English soldier who settled in Ireland James Digman Wingfield (1800–1872), English painter Jenny Wingfield , American screenwriter and author John Wingfield (disambiguation) , multiple people Lewis Strange Wingfield (1842–1891), Irish traveller, actor, writer, and painter Margaret Wingfield (1912–2002), British political activist Mark Wingfield , guitarist and composer based in
65-648: The Jewish literary figures Violet Schiff and Ada Leverson , and her grandfather was born Alfred Henry Moses. In 1932 she married The Hon. Mervyn Patrick Wingfield (1905–1973), later The 9th Viscount Powerscourt , in Jerusalem . They had three children, a daughter and two sons: Grania Langrishe , Mervyn and Guy Wingfield. Her poems were first published in The Dublin Magazine of 1937. Although initially supportive, her husband later requested her not to be involved in
78-1170: The UK Mervyn Wingfield (1911–2005), Royal Navy officer Martin Wingfield (born 1951), British politician Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt (1836–1904), Irish peer Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt (1880–1947), Irish peer Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt (1905–1973), Irish peer Pete Wingfield ( William Peter Wingfield ; born 1948), British record producer, musician and music journalist Peter Wingfield (born 1962), Welsh-born television actor R. D. Wingfield (1928–2007), English author and radio dramatist Richard Wingfield (disambiguation) , multiple people Robert Wingfield (disambiguation) , multiple people Rupert Wingfield-Hayes (born 1967), British journalist Sheila Wingfield (1906–1992), Anglo-Irish poet Ted Wingfield (1899–1975), American baseball pitcher Thomas Wingfield (disambiguation) , multiple people Wade Wingfield (born 1977), South African former cricketer Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833–1912), British army officer who
91-581: The family to Bermuda . They returned home when Mervyn did. Her best work was written in response to the war, Beat Drum, Beat Heart (1946). Her husband came into his inheritance of the Powerscourt Estate in March 1947, when he succeeded as The 9th Viscount Powerscourt . She became the leader of Irish Girl Guides and helped catalogue the Chester Beatty Library . Her marriage never recovered from
104-504: The literary circle in Ireland. During her life she produced eight collections of verse and three memoirs of Irish life, although she is not well known in Ireland. This is despite the admiration of Elizabeth Bowen , W. B. Yeats , John Betjeman , T. S. Eliot and James Stephens . However, she and Yeats had a falling out when she used his praise from a private letter on the cover of her first publication. She suffered her first breakdown during
117-641: The production of that publication. Lady Powerscourt wanted to be a respected poet. She suffered from addictions to alcohol, morphine and cocaine. Her drug use had started during her seasons in London. The Second World War had a huge impact on the family. Her husband Mervyn served in the war and was captured by the Germans in Italy. When he came home his health had been compromised and he suffered from shell shock . Sheila (she later became Lady Powerscourt, in March 1947) had taken
130-506: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wingfield . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wingfield&oldid=1198348651 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
143-592: Was also the author of All That I Have Met . Lady Powerscourt later inherited the Bellair estate from her aunt. Her mother's uncle was Alfred Austin , Poet Laureate. Her father was from a Jewish family who had changed the surname from Moses. They had earned their wealth in the tobacco trade. Her parents did not approve of her interest in writing so she hid her interest. Her father went so far as to forbid her to read. She also hid her Jewish background from those around her, again at her father's insistence. Her cousins included
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#1732844730067156-586: Was an Anglo-Irish poet. Lady Powerscourt was born in Hampshire and attended the Roedean School . She attended art school in Paris. She was the daughter of Major Claude Beddington and Frances Ethel (née Homan-Mulock). Ethel was the daughter of a Protestant family from County Offaly , whose homes included the Bellair and Ballycumber estates, where Lady Powerscourt spent most of her childhood summer holidays. Her mother
169-638: Was one of the pioneers of lawn tennis William Wingfield (disambiguation) , multiple people Wingfield baronets , an extinct title in the Baronetage of England Places [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Wingfield, South Australia England [ edit ] Wingfield, Bedfordshire Wingfield, Rotherham , South Yorkshire Wingfield Academy Wingfield, Suffolk Wingfield Castle Wingfield, Wiltshire North Wingfield , Derbyshire South Wingfield , Derbyshire Wingfield Manor Wingfield railway station ,
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