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Basil Feilding, 4th Earl Of Denbigh
Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh, 3rd Earl of Desmond (1668 – 18 March 1717) was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Viscount Feilding from 1675 to 1685. Peerage Fielding inherited the English Earldom of Denbigh and the Irish Earldom of Desmond in 1685, from William Feilding, 3rd Earl of Denbigh and 2nd Earl of Desmond. Family Basil Feilding was born in 1668. He was the son of William Feilding, 3rd Earl of Denbigh, and Mary King, daughter of Sir Robert King. He married Hester Firebrace, daughter of Sir Basil Firebrace, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Hough, on 22 June 1695. They had eight children together, including William Feilding, 5th Earl of Denbigh and 4th Earl of Desmond (1697–1755), who succeeded him. Another son, Charles Feilding, was the father of a naval officer of the same name who was involved in the Affair of Fielding and Bylandt."Fielding, Charles," in: The earl's daughters included Frances Finch, Countess of Winchilsea and Nottingham. ...
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List Of Masters Of The Horse To British Royal Consorts
Below is an incomplete list of those who have served as Master of the Horse to British royal consorts. After the death of William IV in 1837, the post was discontinued. Masters of the Horse to Philip II of Spain (1554–1558) *1554–1558: Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu Masters of the Horse to Anne of Denmark (1603–1619) *1603–1619: Hon. Thomas Somerset Masters of the Horse to Queen Henrietta Maria (1625–1669) *1639-?: Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Jermyn *1663-1669: Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour Masters of the Horse to Queen Catherine (1662–1685) *1662-1664: Hon. Edward Montagu *1665–1678: Ralph Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu *1679–1680: Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham *1680–1682: Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley (Earl of Scarbrough from 1681) *1682–1685: Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers Masters of the Horse to Prince George of Denmark (1683–1708) *1685–1690: Edward Hyde, Viscount ...
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Feilding Family
Feilding ( mi, Aorangi) is a town in the Manawatū District of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on New Zealand State Highway 54, State Highway 54, 20 kilometres north of Palmerston North. The town is the seat of the Manawatū District Council. Feilding has won the annual New Zealand's Most Beautiful Town award 15 times. It is an Edwardian-themed town, with the district plan encouraging buildings in the CBD to be built in that style. The town is currently extending its CBD beautification featuring paving and planter boxes on the footpaths on the main streets in the CBD, including the realignment and beautification of Fergusson Street to the South Street entrance of Manfeild Park. The town is a service town for the surrounding farming district. The Feilding Saleyards has been a vital part of the wider Manawatū community for over 125 years. As transport systems improved and farming practices changed, the need for small, local saleyards all but disappeared, leaving ...
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English Army Officers
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1717 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – Count Carl Gyllenborg, the Swedish ambassador to the Kingdom of Great Britain, is arrested in London over a plot to assist the Pretender to the British throne, James Francis Edward Stuart. * January 4 (December 24, 1716 Old Style) – Great Britain, France and the Dutch Republic sign the Triple Alliance, in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17) 1716. * February 1 – The Silent Sejm, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, marks the beginning of the Russian Empire's increasing influence and control over the Commonwealth. * February 6 – Following the treaty between France and Britain, the Pretender James Stuart leaves France, and seeks refuge with Pope Clement XI. * February 26–March 6 – What becomes the northeastern United States is paralyzed by a series of blizzards that bury the region. * Marc ...
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1668 Births
Events January–March * January 23 – The Triple Alliance of 1668 is formed between England, Sweden and the United Provinces of the Netherlands. * February 13 – In Lisbon, a peace treaty is established between Afonso VI of Portugal and Carlos II of Spain, by mediation of Charles II of England, in which the legitimacy of the Portuguese monarch is recognized. Portugal yields Ceuta to Spain. * c. February – The English Parliament and bishops seek to suppress Thomas Hobbes' treatise ''Leviathan''. * March 8 – In the Cretan War, the navy of the Republic of Venice defeats an Ottoman Empire naval force of 12 ships and 2,000 galleys that had attempted to seize a small Venetian galley near the port of Agia Pelagia. * March 23 – The Bawdy House Riots of 1668 take place in London when a group of English Dissenters begins attacking brothels, initially as a protest against the harsh enforcement of laws against private worshipers and the ...
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Earl Of Desmond
Earl of Desmond is a title in the peerage of Ireland () created four times. When the powerful Earl of Desmond took arms against Queen Elizabeth Tudor, around 1578, along with the King of Spain and the Pope, he was confiscated from his estates, some 574 628 acres of land. Since 1640 the title has been held by the Feilding family as a secondary title of the Earl of Denbigh. History of the Title Barony of Desmond The original Barony of Desmond in the province of Munster was held by descendants of Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord OConnello. Thomas was the eldest son of Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan and he was a key supporter of the Lord of Pembroke known as ("Strongbow") in his 1169 invasion of Ireland. Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan was the founder of the FitzMaurice/FitzGerald Dynasty in Ireland. Being descended from the eldest son of Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan, the House of Desmond was a cadet branch of the famous Geraldines; the senior branch, the House ...
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Earl Of Denbigh
Earl of Denbigh (pronounced 'Denby') is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1622 for William Feilding, 1st Viscount Feilding, a courtier, admiral, adventurer, and brother-in-law of the powerful Duke of Buckingham. The title is named after the Welsh town of Denbigh in the county of Denbighshire. Since the time of the third earl (1640), the Earl of Denbigh has also held the title of Earl of Desmond, in the Peerage of Ireland. The family seat is Newnham Paddox, in the parish of Monks Kirby, Warwickshire. The eighth earl converted to Roman Catholicism during the 1850s, in which faith the family has remained. The earldom was one of the hereditary peerages whose entitlement to sit in the House of Lords was removed by the House of Lords Act 1999. The origins of the Feilding family The Feilding family have been Lords of Newnham Paddox in Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, since 1433. They are also descended from the Newnham family (named from the estate) who held Newnham Padd ...
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John Manners, 2nd Duke Of Rutland
John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland KG (18 September 1676 – 22 February 1721), styled Lord Roos from 1679 to 1703 and Marquess of Granby from 1703 to 1711, was a British Whig politician sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1701 until 1711, when he succeeded to the peerage as Duke of Rutland. Early life Manners was the son of John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and his third wife Catherine Wriothesley Noel, daughter of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden. Career Manners was returned as a Whig Member of Parliament for Derbyshire at the first general election of 1701. He was returned as MP for Leicestershire at the second general election of 1701. At the 1705 English general election he was returned as MP for Grantham. He was a Commissioner for the Union with Scotland in 1706. He was returned again as MP for Grantham at the 1708 British general election. At the 1710 British general election, he was returned as MP for both Leicestershire and Grantham. He succeeded ...
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Lord Lieutenant Of Leicestershire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Since 1703, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire. Lord Lieutenants * Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset 1549–1551 *Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1551–1552 *Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1552–1554 *Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1554 – 20 June 1561 ''jointly with'' *Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1559 – 14 December 1595 *George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon 2 October 1596 – 30 December 1604 *''vacant'' *Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon 16 May 1607 – 1642 ''jointly with'' *Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon 27 December 1638 – 1642 *Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford 1642–? (Parliamentary) *''Interregnum'' *Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough 14 January 1661 – 10 January 1667 *John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland 14 February 1667 – 7 July 1677 * John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 7 July 1677 – 11 August ...
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John Manners, 1st Duke Of Rutland
John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and 9th Earl of Rutland (29 May 163810 January 1711) was a British MP, and Whig politician. His divorce from his first wife caused much comment, partly because it was thought to have political implications. Life He was born at Boughton, Northamptonshire, the son of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland, and Frances Montagu. His maternal grandparents were Sir Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton, and his wife Elizabeth Jeffries. He was styled Lord Roos from 1641 until 1679. He had six sisters, all of whom married into the nobility. Dorothy became Countess of Shaftesbury; Grace became Viscountess Chaworth; Margaret became countess of Salisbury; Elizabeth became Countess of Anglesey; Anne became Viscountess Howe, and Frances became Countess of Exeter. He served, rather passively, as Member of Parliament for Leicestershire from 1661 until 1679. Politically he was a Whig, but did not attend court after 1689, preferring the life of a country ...
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