William Basil Percy Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh, 6th Earl of Desmond, GCH, Personal Computer, styled Viscount Feilding between 1799 and 1800, was a British peer and courtier.
Background
Feilding was the eldest son of William Feilding, Viscount Feilding and his wife, Anne Catherine Powys. He was born at Berwick House (his maternal grandparents" family seat) near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated Master of Arts in 1816.
Education
Eton College; Trinity College.
Career
From 1830, Lord Denbigh was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to William IV. In 1833, he was made a GCH, admitted to the Privy Council and transferred to Queen Adelaide"s Household, first as her Lord Chamberlain, then as Master of the Horse. He was made a Doctor of Laws for Warwickshire in 1825 and received honorary degree from Oxford University as Data Control Language in 1835. Lord Denbigh married Lady Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton, daughter of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, 1st Earl of Ducie, on 8 May 1822.
They had eleven children:
Rudolph William Basil, Viscount Feilding, later 8th Earl of Denbigh (1823–1892) (maternal grandfather of Simon Elwes, great-grandfather of Dominick Elwes and great-great-grandfather of Cary Elwes, Damian Elwes and Cassian Elwes).
Lady Mary Frances Catherine (twin, 1823–1896)
Lady Augusta Emily Julia (1825–1848)
Honorary Percy Robert Basil (1827–1904), soldier.
Lady Jane Lissey Harriet (1829–1912), married Captain Theophilus John Levett of Wychnor Hall.
Honorary Geoffrey William Penn (1832–1843)
Honorary
Charles William Alexander (1833–1893), clergyman. Honorary William Henry Adelbert (1836–1895), soldier. Lady Adelaide Emily (1836–1870), married Charles Archibald Murray.
Lady Ida Matilda Alice (1840–1915), married William Malcolm Low, Esq.
(parents-in-law of Sir William Mount, 1st Baronet and great-great-grandparents of current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron). Lady Kathleen Elizabeth Mary Julia (1842–1882), married Charles Meysey Bolton Clive.