Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt (22 August 1905 – 1973[1]), was an Anglo-Irish peer.
He married Sheila Claude Beddington on 16 December 1932 in Jerusalem.
The then Mervyn Patrick Wingfield (he succeeded as The 9th Viscount Powerscourt in March 1947) served in the war and was captured by the Germans in Italy.
His wife Sheila (known as Lady Powerscourt from March 1947) had taken the family to Bermuda.
In 1963, his wife left and, as a result of the financial impact, the family sold the Powerscourt Estate.