Percy Feilding

General Sir Percy Robert Basil Feilding KCB (26 June 1827 – 9 January 1904) was a British Army officer.

Sir Percy Feilding
Born26 June 1827
Died9 January 1904 (1904-01-10) (aged 76)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankGeneral
Commands heldSouth-Eastern District
Battles/warsCrimean War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Born the son of William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh, Feilding was commissioned as an ensign in the 85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers) but transferred shortly afterwards to the Coldstream Guards.[1] He fought in the Crimean War and was appointed a Knight, 5th class of the Order of the Medjidie in March 1858.[2] He became Commander of the Infantry Brigade at Malta in January 1879 and General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in April 1885.[3]

Personal life

On 29 April 1862, he married Lady Louisa Isabella Harriet Thynne (1834 – 26 June 1919), daughter of Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath.[4] They had six children.[5]

He lived at Broome Park in Betchworth[6] and also resided at 107 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, when he was in London.[7]

References
  1. "No. 20630". The London Gazette. 7 August 1846. p. 2875.
  2. "No. 22107". The London Gazette. 2 March 1858. p. 1254.
  3. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  4. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999.
  5. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  6. "William Basil Percy [Feilding], 7th Earl of Denbigh, GCH PC". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  7. "The Necessary Affidavit". The San Francisco Examiner. 18 November 1887. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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