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William Rudolph Stephen Feilding, 10th Earl of Denbigh, 9th Earl of Desmond (17 April 1912 – 31 December 1966), was a British peer. He was the son of Rudolph Feilding, Viscount Feilding, heir to the Earldom of Denbigh, and his wife Agnes Imelda Mary Harding (Viscountess Feilding). He was educated at

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. He fought in the

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, having gained the rank of captain in the service of the

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. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for

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. He died in 1966 at the age of 54. In 1940, Lord Denbigh married Verena Barbara ('Betty') Price, daughter of Lt.-Col. William Edward Price, of Trevethin,

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. They were the parents of Lady Imelda Clare Feilding, and

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, who succeeded to the earldom.

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