Sir Edward Wingfield KCB (6 March 1834 – 5 March 1910), was a British barrister and civil servant who held the position of

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from 1897 to 1900.Joseph Foster, ''Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886''.''Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland'' (1905).

Family and education

Born in Bath,

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, Wingfield was the fourth son of John Muxloe Wingfield JP DL (1790–1869) and Catherine Anne Harriett Lee (1798–1863), of Tickencote Hall, Rutland. He was educated at

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and New College, Oxford.Arthur C. Fox-Davies, ''Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour'' (1905). In 1872 he married Mary Georgina Sheringham (1849–1918), daughter of the Ven. John Sheringham, later Archdeacon of Gloucester.

Career and retirement

Wingfield entered Lincoln's Inn in 1856 and was called to the bar in 1859. From 1865 to 1878 he was a reporter for the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting. After joining the Civil Service, Wingfield served as Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the

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from 1878 to 1897 and

from 1897 to 1900. Following his retirement, he moved to Mulbarton Hall in

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, the residence of his aunt, Emma Dorinda Wingfield (1814–1906). On her death he inherited the Hall and commissioned the

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architect

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Retrieved 12 November 2020. He died at Mulbarton Hall on 5 March 1910 at the age of 75 and is buried with his wife in the churchyard of St Peter's, Tickencote.

Honours

Wingfield was made a Companion of the

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(CB) in

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and a Knight of the Order (KCB) in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wingfield, Edward 1834 births 1910 deaths People educated at Winchester College Alumni of New College, Oxford Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath British barristers Members of Lincoln's Inn Civil servants in the Colonial Office Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies People from Bath, Somerset People from Mulbarton, Norfolk