Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - A mụrụ Wingfield n'abalị iri na isii n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1833 na Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales, nwa Clopton Lewis Wingfield, onye isi na 66th Foot Regiment, na Jane Eliza, nwa nwanyị Sir John Mitchell KCB. Nne ya nwụrụ n'afọ 1836 mgbe ọ mụsịrị nwa ya nke abụọ, nna ya nwụkwara n'afọ 1846 n'ihi nkwụsị nke eriri afọ. Ọ bụ nwanne nna ya na nwanne nna nna ya nke nwoke zụlitere Walter. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ Rossall, na 1851 wee banye na Royal Military College, Sandhurst, na nnwale nke abụọ site na mmetụta nke nnukwu nwanne nna ya bụ onye bụ onye ọchịagha. A họpụtara ya dịka onye isi ndị agha na 1st Dragoon Guards ma jee ozi na India. N'afọ 1858, Wingfield ghọrọ onyeisi ndị agha, n'afọ 1860 kwa, o sonyere n'agha ahụ a lụrụ na China.
ọ nọkwa mgbe e weghaara Pekin. Ọ laghachiri England na 1861 wee laa ezumike nká na ndị Dragọn Guards otu afọ mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị.