1ST See also:EARL See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM FEILDING See also:DENBIGH
of (d
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1643), son of See also:Basil Feilding' of Newnham Paddox in See also:Warwickshire, and of See also:Elizabeth, daughter of See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Aston, was educated at See also:Emmanuel See also:College, See also:Cambridge, and knighted in 1603
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He married Susan, daughter of Sir See also:George See also:Villiers, See also:sister of the future See also:duke of See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham, and on the rise of the favourite received various offices and dignities
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He was appointed custos rotulorum of Warwickshire, and See also:master of the See also:great See also:wardrobe in 1622, and created See also:baron and See also:viscount Feilding in 1620, and See also:earl of See also:Denbigh.on the 14th of See also:September 1622
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He attended See also:Prince See also:Charles on the See also:Spanish See also:adventure, served as See also:admiral in the unsuccessful expedition to See also:Cadiz in 1625, and commanded the disastrous See also:attempt upon Rochelle in 1628, becoming the same See also:year a member of the See also:council of See also:war, and in 1633 a member of the council of See also:Wales
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In 1631 See also:Lord Denbigh visited the See also:East
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On the outbreak of the See also:Civil War he served under Prince See also:Rupert
' The descent of the Feildings from the See also:house of See also:Habsburg, through the See also:counts of Laufenburg and Rheinfelden, See also:long considered See also:authentic, and immortalized by See also:Gibbon, has been proved to have been based on forged documents
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See J
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H
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See also:Round, See also:Peerage and See also:Family See also:History (1901).and was See also:present at Edgehill
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On the 3rd of See also:April 1643 during Rupert's attack on See also:Birmingham he was wounded and died from the effects on the 8th, being buried at Monks See also:Kirby in See also:Warwick-See also:shire
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His courage, unselfishness and devotion to See also:duty are much praised by See also:Clarendon
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See E
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See also:Lodge, Portraits (1850), iv
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113; J
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See also:Nichols, Hist. of See also:Leicestershire (1807), iv. pt
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1, 273; Hist
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See also:MSS
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See also:Comm See also:Ser
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4th See also:Rep. app
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254; Cal. of See also:State Papers, Dom.; Studies in Peerage and Family History, by J
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H
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Round (1901), 216
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His eldest son, BASIL FEILDING, 2nd earl of Denbigh (c
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1608-1675), was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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He was summoned to the House of Lords as Baron Feilding in See also:March 1629
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After seeing military service in the See also:Netherlands he was sent in 1634 by Charles I. as See also:ambassador to See also:Venice, where he remained for five years
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When the Civil War See also:broke out Feilding, unlike the other members of his family, ranged himself among the Parliamentarians, led a See also:regiment of See also:horse at Edgehill, and, having become earl of Denbigh in April 1643, was made See also:commander-in-See also:chief of the See also:Parliamentary See also:army in Warwickshire and the neighbouring counties, and lord-See also:lieutenant of Warwickshire
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During the year 1644 he was fairly active in the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field, but in some quarters he was distrusted and he resigned his command after the passing of the self-denying See also:ordinance in April 1645
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At See also:Uxbridge in 1645 Denbigh was one of the commissioners appointed to treat with the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, and he undertook a similar duty at See also:Carisbrooke in 1647
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Clarendon relates how at Uxbridge Denbigh declared privately that he regretted the position in which he found himself, and expressed his willingness to serve Charles I
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He supported the army in its dispute with the See also:parliament, but he would take no See also:part in the trial of Charles I
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Under the See also:government of the See also:commonwealth Denbigh was a member of the council of state, but his See also:loyalty to his former associates See also:grew lukewarm, and gradually he came to be regarded as a royalist
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In 1664 the earl was created Baron St Liz
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Although four times married he 'eft no issue when he died on the 28th of See also:November 1675
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His titles devolved on his See also:nephew See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM FEILDING (1640-1685), son and See also:heir of his See also:brother George (created Baron Feilding of Lecaghe, Viscount Callan and earl of See also:Desmond), and the earldom of Desmond has been held by his descendants to the present See also:day in See also:conjunction with the earldom of Denbigh
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