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Desmond, Earl of (I, 1622)

Creation: let.pat. 22 Nov 1622

Family name: Feilding

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Arms:

See Earl of Denbigh

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George [Feilding], 1st Earl of Desmond

2nd son of William [Feilding], 1st Earl of Denbigh, by his wife Lady Susan Villiers, sister of George [Villiers], 1st Duke of Buckingham, and only dau. of Sir George Villiers, of Brokesby, co. Lincoln, by his second wife Mary Beaumont, suo jure Countess of Buckingham, dau. of Anthony Beaumont, of Glenfield, co. Leicester

born

c. 1614

mar.

17 Apr 1630 Bridget Stanhope (b. c. 1615), 3rd dau. and cohrss. of Sir Michael Stanhope, of Sudbury, co. Suffolk, by his wife Anne Reade, dau. of Sir William Reade, of Osterley, co. Middlesex

children

1. Hon William Feilding, later 2nd Earl of Desmond later 3rd Earl of Denbigh

2. Hon George Feilding, of St Edmundsbury, co. Suffolk, mar. ..... Lee, dau. of Sir John Lee, and had issue

3. Col Rt Hon Sir Charles Feilding (dspm. 24 Apr 1722), mar. 1674 Ursula Aston (widow of Sir William Aston MP, of Dublin, Ireland, a Justice of the King's Bench of Ireland; d. 30 Oct 1720), dau. of Thomas Stockton, a Justice of the King's Bench of Ireland, and had issue

4. Hon Basil Feilding

5. Rev Hon John Feilding, Canon of Salisbury Cathedral and Chaplain to King William III (d. 1697), mar. Bridget Cokayne, dau. of Scipio Cokayne, of Weybred, co. Suffolk, and had issue

1. Lady Frances Feilding (d. 1680; bur. at Hengrave, co. Suffolk), mar. 1675 as his fourth wife Sir Edward Gage, 1st Bt., of Hengrave, co. Suffolk, and had issue

2. Lady Mary Feilding (bur. 8 Sep 1691), mar. as his first wife Sir Charles Gawdy, 1st Bt., of Crowshall, co. Suffolk, and had issue

3. Lady Bridget Feilding (d. 20 Jul 1669), mar. as his second wife Arthur Parsons, of Tornduffe, co. Wexford

died

31 Jan 1665/6 (bur. at Euston, co. Suffolk)

created

22 Nov 1622 Baron Feilding, of Lecagh in the County of Tipperary, Viscount Callan, of Callan in the County of Kilkenny, and in reversion after the death of the present holder thereof without heir male of the body Earl of Desmond

suc. by

son

note

Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles I 1625/6; became Earl of Desmond in possession on the death s.p.m. 28 Oct 1628 of the last Earl

William [Feilding], 2nd Earl of Desmond later 3rd Earl of Denbigh

note

suc. his uncle as 3rd Earl of Denbigh 28 Nov 1675

The Earldom of Desmond has been held jointly with the Earldom of Denbigh since 28 Nov 1675.

 First written

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