Wingfield
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People
- Sir Charles John WingfieldCharles John WingfieldSir Charles John Wingfield KCSI, CB, MP , who had a distinguished career with the Bengal Civil Service, was later elected as the first Member of Parliament for the United Kingdom's Parliament constituency of Gravesend....
, MP - Edward Maria WingfieldEdward Maria WingfieldSir Edward Maria Wingfield, sometimes hyphenated as Edward-Maria Wingfield, was a soldier, Member of Parliament, and English colonist in America...
, (1550-1631) first President of the Jamestown colony, Virginia, US - Sir John de WingfieldJohn de WingfieldSir John de Wingfield was chief administrator to Edward the Black Prince. He and both his brothers fought at Crecy in 1346. He fought in the Normandy campaign from 1347-48. He was appointed 'governor of the prince's business' to Edward the Black Prince round about 1351...
, aide to Edward the Black Prince - Peter WingfieldPeter WingfieldPeter Wingfield is a Welsh born television actor, well known for his television roles as Dan Clifford in Holby City, Dr. Robert Helm in Queen of Swords and Inspector Simon Ross in Cold Squad...
, an actor famous as Methos - R. D. WingfieldR. D. WingfieldRodney David Wingfield was an English author and radio dramatist. He is best remembered for creating the character of Detective Inspector Jack Frost, who was later played by Sir David Jason in A Touch of Frost....
, (6 June 1928 – 31 July 2007) British author of the Detective Frost novels - Richard WingfieldRichard WingfieldSir Richard Wingfield, of Kimbolton Castle was an influential courtier and diplomat in the early years of the Tudor dynasty of England.-Life:...
, (c. 1456-July 22, 1525) Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - Sir Robert WingfieldRobert WingfieldSir Robert Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk was an English knight.-Family:He was son of a senior Sir Robert Wingfield and Elizabeth Russell. Sir Robert Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk (1403 - between 6 October 1452 and 21 November 1454) was an English knight.-Family:He was son of a senior...
of Letheringham (1403-1454), Knight and MP - Francis WingfieldFrancis WingfieldFrancis Wingfield or Francis Wingfeild was a Stamford lawyer in the mid-seventeenth century. He went on to become Member of Parliament for Stamford in 1660 and first Serjeant-at-law to Charles II of England in 1677....
or Wingfeild of Stamford, MP
Culture
- Wingfield SeriesWingfield SeriesThe Wingfield Cycle is a Canadian series of seven one-man plays - Letter from Wingfield Farm, Wingfield's Progress, Wingfield's Folly, Wingfield Unbound, Wingfield on Ice, Wingfield's Inferno and "Wingfield Lost and Found" - written by Dan Needles, directed by Douglas Beattie and performed by Rod...
, a series of plays written by Dan Needles and performed by Rod Beattie, later adapted into a television series - The Wingfield family, protagonists of Tennessee Williams' The Glass MenagerieThe Glass MenagerieThe Glass Menagerie is a four-character memory play by Tennessee Williams. Williams worked on various drafts of the play prior to writing a version of it as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted...
Sport
- Wingfield Sculls, a sculling race for the Championship of the Thames
in the United States
- Wingfield High SchoolWingfield High SchoolWingfield High School is a high school in Jackson, Mississippi . It is part of the Jackson Public School District. Over 1,300 children from southern Jackson attend Wingfield High School in grades 9-12, as well as 100 administration and staff...
in Australia:
- WingfieldWingfield, South AustraliaWingfield is a suburb situated north of Adelaide and is located on Grand Junction Road. The suburb borders Gepps Cross and Dry Creek.- Government :The suburb of Wingfield is in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield local government area....
, South Australia
in England
- WingfieldWingfield, BedfordshireWingfield is a hamlet located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.The settlement is close to Tebworth and Chalgrave, with the nearest town being Houghton Regis....
, Bedfordshire - WingfieldWingfield, SuffolkWingfield is a village in the English county of Suffolk. It is found east of Diss, signposted off B1118, near Eye.Wingfield Castle, which is now a private house, was for many centuries the home of the Wingfield family and their heirs, the De La Poles, Earls and Dukes of Suffolk...
, Suffolk - Wingfield CastleWingfield CastleWingfield Castle, Wingfield, Suffolk, England was the ancestral home of the Wingfield family and their heirs, the De La Poles, Earls and Dukes of Suffolk, but is now a private house....
in Suffolk, England - WingfieldWingfield, WiltshireWingfield is a village in the county of Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.- History & Amenities :Wingfield is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086-7 as Winefel, when it was held by the Bishop of Coutances....
, Wiltshire - Wingfield, RotherhamWingfield, RotherhamWingfield is a small area in the town of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.Wingfield Business & Enterprise College is a specialist school in business and enterprise....
- North WingfieldNorth WingfieldNorth Wingfield is a large village in the English county of Derbyshire, located approximately 4½ miles south-east of Chesterfield, and 1 mile north-east of Clay Cross. It is in the North East Derbyshire district...
, Derbyshire - South WingfieldSouth WingfieldSouth Wingfield is a village in the Scarsdale Hundred of Derbyshire, England, and is now part of the district council area of Amber Valley.An ex-mining village, it has a mixed community. Its most famous landmark is Wingfield Manor, a ruined manor house built around 1450. It is situated about from...
, Derbyshire - Wingfield ManorWingfield ManorWingfield Manor is a deserted and ruined manor house some 4 miles from the town of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire...
, Derbyshire
in South Africa
- Wingfield airfield was first the Cape TownCape TownCape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
Municipal AerodromeAerodromeAn aerodrome, airdrome or airfield is a term for any location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve cargo, passengers or neither...
, a SAAFSouth African Air ForceThe South African Air Force is the air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria. It is the world's second oldest independent air force, and its motto is Per Aspera Ad Astra...
station and a Fleet Air ArmFleet Air ArmThe Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft. The Fleet Air Arm currently operates the AgustaWestland Merlin, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters...
base used by the Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
. Its history is synonymous with the history of flight in South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...