Background
Wingfield Cromwell was born at Throwleigh, Staffordshire and educated at Stone School, Staffordshire.
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Education
He matriculated at Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, on 20 March 1637/1638, being awarded with the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law (Data Control Language) by the University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, in 1642.
Career
He held the subsidiary titles of 2nd Viscount Lecale and 5th Baron Cromwell of Oakham. 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. 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.
He died on 3 October 1668 and was buried at Ilam, Staffordshire.
