FEILDING, Basil (c. 1608-75) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. c. 1608, 1st s. of William Feilding^†, (later earl of Denbigh) and Susan, da. of Sir George Villiers, sis. of George Villiers^†, duke of Buckingham. educ. Queens’ Coll. Camb. (1621); Basel Univ.; travelled abroad (Germany) 1631. m. (1) 1633 (with £4,480), Warws. CRO, CR 2017/F30/1. Anne (d.1635) da. of Richard Weston^†, earl of Portland, s.p.; (2) 12 Aug. 1639 (with £50,000), Barbara (d. 1 Apr. 1641) da. of Sir John Lambe (d.1647) of Rothwell, Northants, s.p.; CSP Ven. 1636-39, pp. 540, 572; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 452. (3) 8 July 1641 (with £4,000), Warws. RO, CR 2017/L1/a/1. Elizabeth (d. 1670) da. and coh. of Edward Bourchier^†, 4th earl of Bath, s.p.; (4) 1670, Dorothy (1654-1709?) da. of Francis Lane of Glendon, Northants., s.p. KB 1626. d. 28 Nov. 1675; admon. 29 Apr. 1676.

Offices Held

Amb. Venice 1634–9; CSP Ven. 1632–36, 243–4. gent. of bedchamber to Charles, Prince Wales aft. 1630; Warws. RO, CR 2017/R12. commr. treaty of Uxbridge 1645; speaker of House of Lords 1648 – 49; mbr. council of State 1649, 1650. Schoenfeld, Restored House of Lords, 33.

Ld. lt. Denb. and Flint 1642, Warws. 1643; recorder, Coventry 1647–51; custos rot. Warws. 1660-d., Leics. 1667–d. HMC Hastings, ii. 169.

Col. regt. of horse 1642; cdr. West Midlands Assoc. 1643 – 45; capt. tp. of horse 1667. CSP Dom. 1667, pp. 182–3.

Parlimentarian

FEILDING, Basil (c. 1608-75)

Associated with: Newnham Paddox, Warws. and Martinsthorpe (Mastrop), Rutland.VCH Rutland, ii. 84-85.;

FIELDING, HAPSBURG

Likenesses

etching by W. Hollar, NPG D28214.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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