Rudolph Feilding, 9th Earl of Denbigh
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Rudolph Robert Basil Aloysius Augustine Feilding, 9th Earl of Denbigh, 8th Earl of Desmond GCVO
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(26 May 1859 – 25 November 1939), styled Viscount Feilding from 1865 to 1892, was the eldest son of the 8th Earl of Denbigh
and Mary Berkeley, the daughter of Robert Berkeley and Henrietta Benfield.
Feilding was an artillery
lieutenant at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir, where he laid the horse artillery
gun that hit the third railway train on the line there and prevented the further retreat of the Egyptians.
The Earl was married for a second time on 12 February 1928 to Kathleen Emmet.
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(26 May 1859 – 25 November 1939), styled Viscount Feilding from 1865 to 1892, was the eldest son of the 8th Earl of Denbigh
Rudolph Feilding, 8th Earl of Denbigh
Rudolph William Basil Feilding, 8th Earl of Denbigh, 7th Earl of Desmond was a British peer, succeeding to his titles on the death in 1865 of his father, the 7th Earl of Denbigh...
and Mary Berkeley, the daughter of Robert Berkeley and Henrietta Benfield.
Feilding was an artillery
Artillery
Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
lieutenant at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir, where he laid the horse artillery
Horse artillery
Horse artillery was a type of light, fast-moving and fast-firing artillery which provided highly mobile fire support to European and American armies from the 17th to the early 20th century...
gun that hit the third railway train on the line there and prevented the further retreat of the Egyptians.
Personal life
On 24 September 1884, the then Viscount Fielding married Cecilia Mary Clifford (1860–1919), daughter of the 8th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh and The Hon. Agnes Louisa Catherine Petre. They had 3 sons and 7 daughters:- Rudolph Edmund Aloysius Feilding, Viscount Feilding (12 October 1885 – 10 January 1937)
- Lt-Cmdr. Hon. Hugh Cecil Robert Feilding (30 December 1886 – 31 May 1916), killed at the Battle of JutlandBattle of JutlandThe Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet during the First World War. The battle was fought on 31 May and 1 June 1916 in the North Sea near Jutland, Denmark. It was the largest naval battle and the only...
- Lady Mary Alice Clara Feilding (31 March 1888 – 1973), married Sir Cecil DormerCecil DormerSir Cecil Dormer was the British Minister to Norway between 1934 and 1941. After the German invasion of Norway in April 1940 he joined the Norway's government and King on their move northwards, and followed the government into exile in London in June 1940. He was appointed Ambassador to Poland's...
- Lady Dorothie Mary Evelyn Feilding (6 October 1889 – 24 October 1935), married Capt. Charles O'Hara Moore and had issue
- Lady Agnes Mary Mabel Feilding (13 September 1891 – 31 August 1938), a nun
- Lady Marjorie Mary Winifrede Feilding (4 September 1892 – 1979), married first Capt. Edward Hanly in 1915 (divorced 1923), and second Capt. Robert Arthur Heath in 1923, with issue by both marriages
- Capt. Hon. Henry Simon "Peter" Feilding (29 June 1894 – 9 October 1917), killed at the Battle of Passchendaele
- Lady Clare Mary Cecilia Feilding (23 November 1896 – 1966), married G/Capt. Joseph Smyth-Pigott and had issue
- Lady Elizabeth "Bettie" Mary Feilding (22 August 1899 – ?), married Eric Sherbrooke WalkerEric Sherbrooke WalkerMajor Eric George Sherbrooke Walker, MC was hotelier and founder of the Outspan Hotel and Treetops Hotel in Kenya, as well as a decorated military officer...
and had issue - Lady Victoria "Taffy" Mary Dolores Feilding (29 March 1901 – ?), married Walter Miles Fletcher and had issue
The Earl was married for a second time on 12 February 1928 to Kathleen Emmet.