Sir Charles Feilding (c.1641 – 24 April 1722) was an

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politician. Feilding was the son of

George Feilding, 1st Earl of Desmond George Feilding, 1st Earl of Desmond (c. 1614 – 31 January 1665) was an English aristocrat, awarded the title of Earl of Desmond in the Peerage of Ireland by Charles I of England under the terms of a letter patent issued by James I of Englan ...

and Bridget Stanhope. He was made a

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in 1673 having gained the rank of Colonel in the

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. He was appointed a member of the

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James II of England James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Gloriou ...

in 1685. He was the

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for

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in the Irish House of Commons from 1692 to 1693. He then represented

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between 1695 and 1699.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.87. Retrieved 29 January 2023. He married Ursula Stockton, daughter of Sir Thomas Stockton, in 1674, by whom he had two daughters.

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