DENBIGH 183 d. I May 1853, of consumption, at Naples, aged 24. He w., 2ndly, 29 Sep. 1857, at Spetchley, Mary, 4th da. of Robert Berkeley, of Spetchley Park, co. Worcester, by Henrietta Sophia, da. and coh. of Paul Benfield. He d. 10 Mar. 1892, of paralysis, at Newnham Paddox, aged 68, and was bur. at Pantasaph Monastery, co. Flint. His widow, who was b. 15 Aug. 1833, d. of pneumonia, at Rome, 3, and was bur. with him, 25 June I90i.(^) IX. 1892. 9. Rudolph C") Robert Basil Aloysius Augustine (Feilding), Earl of Denbigh [1622], Viscount Feilding [1620], Baron Feilding of Newnham Paddock.es [1620], and Baron St. I>iz [1664], also Earl of Desmond, Viscount Callan, and Baron Feilding ofLecaghe[I. 1662], ("=) ist s. and h. by 2nd wife; b. 26 May 1859, at Downing, co. Flint; styled Viscount Feilding, 1865-92; ed. at Oscott Coll., and" the Mil. Acad, at Woolwich; Capt. Royal Horse Artillery, serving in Egypt, 1882; A.D.C. to the Viceroy of Ireland, 1887; Lieut. Col. Hon. Artillery Comp., 1893. Member of the L.C.C. for the City 1896-98; a Lord in Waiting 1 897-1 905. C) C.V.O. 2i July 1903. A Conservative. He served in the European War 19 14- .(') He w., 24 Sep. 1884, at the Rom. Cath. Chapel, Ugbrook, Devon, Cecilia Mary, 6th da. of Charles Hugh (Clifford), 8th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, by Agnes Louisa Catherine, da. of William Henry Francis (Petre), nth Baron Petre of Writtle. She was b. 11 Aug. i860, at The Ness, Shaldon, Devon. [Rudolph C") Edmund Aloysius Feilding, j/v/^^, since 1892, Viscount Feilding, ist s.(')and h. ap., ;^. 12 Oct. 1885, at Millbrook House, Exeter. Matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 1904. He fought in the European War, being app. Lieut. Coldstream Guards 5 Aug. 19 14 (the day after war was declared); D.S.O. i Dec. 19 14. He ;«., 28" Feb. i9ii,at the Rom. Cath. (») He and his first wife became Roman Catholics in 1850. For a list of peers and peeresses who have joined this faith since that date, see vol. iii. Appendix G. He was a remarkably handsome man. Bright Brown writes: "His conversion to the Church of Rome is said to have been brought about by his horror on seeing the parish clerk, after communion service in the parish church was over, drink up the remainder of the sacramental wine, and carelessly flick the breadcrumbs on to the floor." V.G. C") See note " c " on preceding page. {^) No claim has been made to the Irish titles since the Union, and none of these peers ever sat or voted in the Pari, of Ireland. The ist Earl of Desmond voted by proxy only. (G. D. Burtchaell). V.G. (■*) He is one of the numerous peers who are or have been directors of public companies, for a list of whom (in 1896) see vol. v, Appendix C. V.G. (') He was appointed to the staff, and graded as A.A.G. For a list of peers and sons of peers who served in this war see vol. viii, Appendix F. The 2nd son, Hugh Cecil Robert,*. 1885, is a Lieut. R.N.; the 3rd and yst son, Henry Simon, h. 1894, is a 2nd Lieut, in King Edward's Horse. V.G.
