William Basil Percy Feilding, 7th

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 ...

, 6th Earl of Desmond, GCH, PC (25 March 1796 – 25 June 1865), styled Viscount Feilding between 1799 and 1800, was a British peer and courtier.

Background and education

Feilding was the eldest son of

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and his wife, Anne Catherine Powys. He was born at Berwick House (his maternal grandparents' family seat) near

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, and educated at

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and

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, where he graduated MA in 1816. In 1799, Feilding's father died and his grandfather also a year later, whereupon Feilding inherited the latter's title.

Career

From 1830, Lord Denbigh was a

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. In 1833, he was made a GCH, admitted to the

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and transferred to Queen Adelaide's Household, first as her Lord Chamberlain, then as Master of the Horse. He was made a DL for

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in 1825 and received an honorary degree from

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as DCL in 1835.

Family

Lord Denbigh married Lady Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton, daughter of

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, on 8 May 1822. They had eleven children: * Rudolph William Basil, Viscount Feilding, later 8th Earl of Denbigh (1823–1892) (maternal grandfather of

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, great-grandfather of

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and great-great-grandfather of

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and

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). *Lady Mary Frances Catherine (twin, 1823–1896) *Lady Augusta Emily Julia (1825–1848) * Percy Robert Basil (1827–1904), soldier. *Lady Jane Lissey Harriet (1829–1912), married Capt.

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. *Geoffrey William Penn (1832–1843) *Charles William Alexander (1833–1893), clergyman. * William Henry Adelbert (1836–1895), soldier. *Lady Adelaide Emily (1836–1870), married Charles Archibald Murray, and by his father Charles, grandson of

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. They had two sons and two daughters. *Lady Ida Matilda Alice (1840–1915), married William Malcolm Low,

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(parents-in-law of

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and great-great-grandparents of former

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). *Lady Kathleen Elizabeth Mary Julia (1842–1882), married Charles Meysey Bolton Clive, son of Rev. Archer Clive (son of Edward Clive MP). They had three sons and three daughters. Lord Denbigh died in 1865 and his titles passed to his eldest son, Rudolph.

References

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