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Families covered: Feilding (Fielding) of Denbigh, Feilding (Fielding) of Desmond, Feilding (Fielding) of Newnham Paddox

                               
(1) Whilst the main family line appears to have kept mainly to the spelling 'Feilding', some of the cadet families use 'Fielding'.
(2) Said to be a son of Geffery, Count of Hapsburgh, was ...
Sir Geffery de Felden (temp King Henry III of England who r. 1216-1272)
1. Geffery Feilding of Misterton
  m. Agnes de Napton (dau of John de Napton)
  A. William Feilding of Newnham Paddox
  m. Joan Prudhome (dau of William Prudhome)
  i. Sir John Feilding of Newnham Paddox
  m1. Margaret Purefoy (dau of William Purefoy of Drayton)
a. Sir William Feilding (d Tewkesbury 04.05.1471) shown by some web sites as of this marriage
  m. Agnes St. Liz (dau of John St. Liz)
  (1) Sir Everard Feilding, Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire (a 1487)
(A) Sir William Feilding (d 1547)
  m. Elizabeth Poultney (dau of Sir Thomas Poultney)
  (i) Basil Feilding
  m. Goodith Willington (dau of William Willington of Barcheston)
  (a) Sir William Feilding 'of Newnham Paddox'
  m. Dorothy Lane (dau of Sir Ralph Lane)
  ((1)) Basil Feilding or Fielding of Newnham Paddox, Sheriff of Warwickshire (a 1612)
  m. Elizabeth Aston (dau of Sir Walter Aston of Tixall)
((A)) Sir William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh (b c1582, d 08.04.1643) - continued below
  m. (c1607) Susan Villiers (dau of Sir George Villiers of Brokesby)
  ((B)) Dorothy Feilding probably of this generation
  m. Sir Henry Arden of Park Hall (b 1580, dvp 1616)
  ((2)) Ferdinand Feilding probably of this generation
  ((B)) Dorothea Feilding
  m. Rev. John Beveridge alias Beridge (b 1571-2, d 1632)
  (b) Ferdinand Feilding probably of this generation
  ((1)) Dorothy Feilding
  m. Rev. John Beveridge alias Beridge (b 1571-2, d 1632)
  (c) Anne Feilding probably of this generation
  m. Humphrey Peyto of Chesterton (a 1563)
  (d) Margery Feilding probably of this generation
  m. John Lane of Kettering
  (2) Anne Fielding apparently of this generation
  m. Humphrey Grey
  (3) Elizabeth Fielding probably of this generation
  m. Edmund Verney (b c1440, d 26.02.1494)
  m2. Jane Bellair (dau of Sir William Bellair)

 

 

Sir William Feilding or Fielding, 1st Earl of Denbigh (b c1582, d 08.04.1643) - continued above
m. (c1607) Susan Villiers (a 10.1651, dau of Sir George Villiers of Brokesby)
1. Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh (b c1608, dsp 28.11.1675)
  m1. Anne Weston (d 10.03.1634/5, dau of Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland)
  m2. (12.08.1639) Barbara Lamb (d 02.04.1641, dau/coheir of Sir John Lamb of Rothwell by Anne, dau of Sir Thomas Crompton)
  m3. (08.07.1641) Elizabeth Bourchier (b 1622, dsp 22.09.1670, dau of Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath, by Dorothy St. John)
  m4. Dorothy Lane (bur 23.11.1709, dau of Francis Lane of Glendon by Mary, dau of Thomas Hartopp of Burton Lazars, m2. Sir John James)
2. George Feilding, 1st Earl of Desmond (b c1614, d 31.01.1665)
  m. (17.04.1630) Bridget Stanhope (b c1615, dau of Sir Michael Stanhope of Sudbourne)
  A. William Feilding, 2nd Earl of Desmond, 3rd Earl of Denbigh (b 29.12.1640, d 23.08.1685)
  m1. Mary King (bur 12.09.1669, dau of Sir Robert King)
i. Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh, 3rd Earl of Desmond (b 1668, d 18.03.1716-7)
  m. (22.06.1695) Hester Firebrace (b 03.01.1675/6, d 01.01.1725-6, dau of Sir Basil Firebrace, 1st Bart)
  a. William Feilding, 5th Earl of Denbigh (b 26.10.1697, d 02.08.1755)
  m. (c1718) Isabella de Jonge (d 16.05.1769, dau of Peter de Jonge of Utrecht)
  (1) Basil Feilding, 6th Earl of Denbigh (b 03.01.1719, d 14.07.1809)
  m1. (12.04.1757) Mary Cotton (d 14.10.1782, dau of Sir John Bruce Cotton, 6th Bart of Connington)
  (A) William Robert Basil Feilding, 'Viscount Feilding' (b 15.06.1760, dvp 08.08.1799, Major General)
  m. (26.04.1791) Anne Catherine Powys (b c1771, d 01.01.1852, dau of Thomas Jelf Powys of Berwick House and Moreton Hall)
  (i) William Basil Percy Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh (b 25.03.1796, d 25.06.1865) had issue
m. (08.05.1822) Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton (b 14.12.1798, d 16.12.1842, dau of Thomas Moreton, 1st Earl of Ducie)
  (ii) Henry Wentworth Feilding, later Powys of Berwick House (b 31.07.1798, d 14.03.1875)
  (iii) Everard Robert Bruce Feilding (b 30.10.1799, d 14.09.1854, minister)
  m. (21.06.1832) Anne Henrietta Boughey (d 21.08.1879, dau of Sir J. Fenton Fletcher Boughey, Bart)
  (iv) Emily Feilding (b c1797, d 08.1.1883)
  m. (11.10.1827) Rev. Henry Harding
  (v)+ other issue - Catherine Frances (d unm 21.02.1818), Marianne (d 13.02.1814)
  (B) Charles Feilding (d unm)
  m2. (21.07.1783) Sarah Farnham (b 25.10.1741, dsp 02.10.1814, dau of Edward Farnham of Quorndon House)
(2) William Fielding
  m. Diana Newport (dau of Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford)
  b. Charles Feilding
  m. (28.08.1737) Elizabeth (not Anne) Palmer (dau of Sir Thomas Palmer, Bart of Wingham)
  (1) Charles Feilding (Commodore RN, 2nd son)
  m. (07.1772) Sophia Finch (dau of William Finch)
  (A) Charles Feilding (b 1780, d 02.09.1837, Rear Admiral) had issue (2 daughters)
  m. (24.04.1804) Elizabeth Theresa Fox-Strangways (dau of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester)
  (B) Sophia Charlotte Feilding (d 19.09.1834)
  m. (1792) Lord Robert Stephen FitzGerald (b 1765, d 02.01.1833)
  (C) Matilda Feilding
  (D) Augusta Sophia Feilding
  m. (08.03.1813) George Hicks (d 01.08.1820)
(2) Elizabeth Feilding (b c1741, dsps 19.01.1765)
  m. (05.09.1763) Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby (b 21.07.1731, d 25.09.1793)
  (3)+ other issue - William (colonel), Isabella (d unm 1812)
  c. Mary Feilding
  m. (1729) William Cockburn
  d. Bridget Feilding
  m. (Charles James) Otway (Colonel)
  e. Diana Feilding
  m. Rev. Randolph Marriott
  f. Frances Feilding (bur 03.10.1734)
  m. (1720) Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, 3rd of Nottingham (d 02.08.1769)
  g.+ other issue - George, Hester (d unm 02.1721)
  ii. son
  iii. Mary Feilding (b c1668, bur 20.12.1697)
  (c06.1687) Evelyn Pierrepont, 5th Earl of Kingston, Marquess of Dorchester, 1st Duke of Kingston (b c1665, d 05.03.1725/6)
  m2. Mary Carey (dsp 09.12.1719, dau of Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth)
B. George Feilding or Fielding of St. Edmundsbury ancestor of Fieldings of Bebside
  m. _ Lee (dau of Sir John Lee)
  C. Sir Charles Feilding (colonel)
  m. (1674) Ursula Stockton (d 30.10.1720, dau of Thomas Stockton)
  i.+ issue - Bridget (d 26.12.1677), Mary (bur 10.06.1678)
  D. John Fielding (d 1697, canon of Salisbury, chaplain to King William III)
  m. Bridget Cokayne (dau of Scipio Cokayne of Weybred)
  i. John Fielding, Governor of Jamaica (d 04.01.1715)
  m1. Susan Booth (dau of Sir Richard Booth, Chief Justice in Ireland)
  a. Charles Fielding (d 03.1746, captain)
  m. Maria Johnson (dau of John Johnson of Bebside)
  (1)+ issue - Charles John Johnson, William Carr (b 1740, d 1765), Maria
  b. William Fielding (d 1773, Rear Admiral)
m. Mary Cormack (dau of Capt. John Cormack)
  (1) Sarah Fielding
  m. (1764) Thomas Farrell (captain)
  (2) Frances Fielding
  m. _ Waters
  (3)+ other issue - William, Elizabeth
m2. Dorothea Barry (dau of Lord Barry of Santry)
  c. Elizabeth Fielding
  m. (1727) Richard Gorges of Kilbrew (b c1708, d 1778)
  ii. George Fielding (Lt. Colonel)
  m. Anne Sherman (dau of Bazaleel Sherman)
  a. Sarah Fielding
  m. (1733) John Willis (son of Richard, Bishop of Winchester)
  iii. Edmund Fielding (d 1740, Lt. General)
  'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 4, part 1, 1807, 'Pedigree of Fielding or Feilding of Dorsetshire and Middlesex', p394) provides some information on Edmund's family but much of that contradicts the following and so, as BP1934 takes the line further, we ignore it. However, we may reconsider this in due course.
  m1. Sarah Gould (dau of Sir Henry Gould)
  a. Henry Fielding (b 22.04.1707, d 08/28.10.1754, author)
  m1. (28.11.1734) Charlotte Craddock of Salisbury (d 1744)
(1) Henrietta Fielding
  m. James Gabriel Montresor (dsp 1796, Colonel)
  (2)+ other issue - Henry, Charlotte, Penelope, Catherine
  m2. (27.11.1747) Mary Daniel (d 11.03.1802) Nichols names her Mary Macdonald
  (6) Allen Fielding (b 03.10.1754, d 09.04.1823, vicar of Shepherdswell then St. Stephen's)
  m. (23.10.1783) Mary Ann Whittingham (d 1820)
  (A) Henry Fielding (b 12.01.1786, d 07.02.1863, vicar of Blean) had issue
  m. (06.12.1827) Augusta Fagge (dau of Rev. Sir John Fagge, 6th Bart)
  (B) Charles Fielding (b 12.06.1791, d 25.11.1866, vicar of Headcorn) had issue
  m. (27.04.1825) Elizabeth Oakley Boyce (d 06.01.1849, dau of Capt. John Boyce)
  (C) George Fielding (b 27.03.1793, d 25.05.1869, vicar of North Ockenden) had issue
  m. (17.10.1825) Mary Rebecca Williams (d 07.12.1881, dau of E. Hanbury Williams)
  (D) Allen Fielding (b 02.02.1801, dsp 07.05.1868, chaplain at Chatham dockyard)
  m. (01.02.1844) Jemima Fagge (d 19.02.1894, dau of Rev. Sir John Fagge, 6th Bart)
  (E) Amelia Fielding (dsp 1834)
  m. Charles Swann
  (F)+ other issue - William (b 01.05.1788, d 23.5.1810), Edmund (d 27.02.1795), Sophia (d unm), Mary Anne Frances (d unm 1835)
  (7)+ other issue - Charles, William (b 10.02.1748, dsp 01.10.1820), Amelia (b 1749), Sophia (b 1750), Louisa (b 1752, d 10.11.1753)
  b.+ other issue - Edmund, Sarah (b 1709/1714, d 1768), Anne (d 1716), Katherine (d 09.07.1750), Ursula (d 12.11.1750), Beatrice (d 24.02.1750-1)
  m2. Eleanor Blanchfield or Rasa
  h. Sir John Fielding (b 1721, dsp 04.09.1780)
  m. (17.10.1751) Elizabeth Whittingham (dau of Dr. Whittingham)
  i. William Fielding (captain)
  m. (04.08.1750) Hester Nicholl of Tewkesbury
j.+ other issue (d young) - George, Basil
  iv. Bridget Fielding
  m. Frederick de la Penchere (Colonel)
  v. Elizabeth Fielding
  m. _ Crowther (Major)
  vi. Dorothy Fielding (d unm)
  E. Frances or Elizabeth Feilding (d 1680)
  m. (1675) Sir Edward Gage, 1st Bart of Hengrave (d 1707)
F. Mary Feilding (bur 08.09.1691)
  m. Sir Charles Gawdy, Bart
  G. Bridget Feilding (d 20.07.1669)
  m. Arthur (not Sir Laurence) Parsons
  H.+ other issue - Basil, Philip (d young)
3. Mary Feilding (d 10.05.1638)
  m. (1620) James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (b 19.06.1606, d 09.03.1648-9)
4. Anne Feilding (dsps 24.03.1636)
  m. (25.12.1632) Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden (b 1612, d 29.10.1682)
5. Elizabeth Feilding, Countess of Guildford (d 09.1667)
  m. (26.12.1638/9) Lewis Boyle, Viscount Kynalmeaky (b 28.05.1619, dsp Liscarroll 02/3.09.1642)
6.+ other issue (d young) - James, Philip, Henrietta Mary

Main source(s): BP1934 (Denbigh)
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