The Feilden Baronetcy, of Feniscowles in the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created on 21 July 1846 for William Feilden,

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for

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between 1832 and 1847. He sat as a

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from 1832 to 1841 then as a

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from then until 1847.

Feilden baronets, of Feniscowles (1846)

Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet (13 March 1772 – 21 May 1850) was an English cotton manufacturer and a Whig and later Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1847. Feilden was the third son of Joseph Feilden and Ma ...

(1772–1850) * Sir William Henry Feilden, 2nd Baronet (1812–1879) * Sir William Leyland Feilden, 3rd Baronet (1835–1912) * Sir William Henry Feilden, 4th Baronet (1866–1946) *Sir William Morton Buller Feilden, MC, 5th Baronet (1893–1976) * Sir Henry Wemyss Feilden, 6th Baronet (1916–2010). *Sir Henry Rudyard Feilden, 7th Baronet,

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(born 1951).RCVS, Find a Vet, Sir Henry Rudyard Feilden
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to the baronetcy is William Henry Feilden (born 1983), eldest son of the 7th Baronet.

Extended family

Henry Wemyss Feilden, second son of the second Baronet, was an Arctic explorer.

References

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