Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass

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Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass
Arms of Cromwell, Earl of Ardglass: Quarterly, per fess, indented, azure and or, four lions passant
Tenure	1653–1668
Successor	Thomas Cromwell, 3rd Earl of Ardglass
Other titles	2nd Viscount Lecale 5th Baron Cromwell
Known for	English nobleman
Born	Wingfield Cromwell 12 September 1624 Throwleigh, Staffordshire, England
Died	3 October 1668(1668-10-03) (aged 44)
Buried	Ilam, Staffordshire, England
Nationality	English
Spouse(s)	Mary Russell
Issue	Thomas Cromwell, 3rd Earl of Ardglass
Parents	Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass Elizabeth Meverell

Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass, DCL, (12 September 1624 – 3 October 1668) was an English nobleman, son of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass and Elizabeth Meverell. He held the subsidiary titles of 2nd Viscount Lecale and 5th Baron Cromwell of Oakham.^[1]^[2]

Life

Wingfield Cromwell was born at Throwleigh, Staffordshire and educated at Stone School, Staffordshire. He matriculated at Trinity College Dublin, on 20 March 1637/1638,^[3] and later awarded with the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) by the University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, in 1642.^[2]

In April 1649, during the English Civil War, he fought for King Charles I of England and was taken prisoner in the Royalist cause when fighting against Parliamentarians at Chester.^[2]

He succeeded to the titles of 5th Baron Cromwell of Oakham, in the Peerage of England (1540), 2nd Viscount Lecale, in Ulster, in the Peerage of Ireland (1624) and 2nd Earl of Ardglass, in the Peerage of Ireland (1645) in 1653.^[2]

He died on 3 October 1668 and was buried at Ilam, Staffordshire.^[2]

Marriage and issue

He married Mary Russell (bef. 1634 – aft. 12 September 1687), daughter of Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Strensham, Worcestershire, and Frances Reade, daughter of Sir Thomas Reade, and had an only son:^[2]

Thomas Cromwell, 3rd Earl of Ardglass (29 November 1653 – 11 April 1682)

His widow married secondly as his second wife in 1670 or between 1670 and 1675 Charles Cotton of Beresford Hall, Nottinghamshire, the angler and poet, and died in 1675 or after 12 September 1687.^[2]

References

^ Burke 1866, pp. 146–147
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Cokayne I 2000, p. 193
^ "Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p195: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935

Bibliography

"Ardglass, Earl of (I, 1645 – 1687). Cracroft's Peerage". Cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison.
Cokayne, G. E. (1910). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Vol. I. London: St. Catherine Press.
Cokayne, G. E. (1913). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Vol. III. London: St. Catherine Press.
Cokayne, G. E. (2000). Gibbs,Vicary; et al. (eds.). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Vol. I (new ed.). Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing.
"Cromwell, Baron (E, 1540 – 1687). Cracroft's Peerage". Cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
"Wingfield Cromwell, Earl of Ardglass, Family Search: Community Trees. British Isles. Peerage, Baronetage, and Landed Gentry Families with Extended Lineage". Histfam.familysearch.org. Retrieved 24 October 2013.

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Ardglass, Earl of (I, 1645 – 1687) Cracroft's Peerage

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Preceded by Thomas Cromwell	Earl of Ardglass 1653–1668	Succeeded by Thomas Cromwell

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