Peerage Record – 6013

     Lt.-Col. Hon. Charles Feilding was born before 1717. He was the son of Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh and Hester Firebrace.² He married Elizabeth Palmer, daughter of Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Bt. and Elizabeth Marsham, on 28 August 1737.¹ He died on 6 February 1745/46.¹

     Elizabeth Palmer was baptised on 26 July 1714 at Wingham, Kent, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Bt. and Elizabeth Marsham.¹ She married, firstly, Sir Brook Bridges, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Bt. and Margaretta Marsham, circa 1732.¹ She married, secondly, Lt.-Col. Hon. Charles Feilding, son of Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh and Hester Firebrace, on 28 August 1737.¹ She died on 16 February 1742/43 at age 28.¹ She died intestate and her estate was administered on 20 March 1742/43.¹ She died intestate and her estate was administered on 30 March 1767.¹
     From circa 1732, her married name became Bridges.¹ Her married name became Feilding.

     Lyam Paul Alexander Abel-Smith was born in 1988.¹ He is the son of Christopher Abel Smith and Catherine Berger.¹ He married Kathryn Grace Shaw.²

     Hon. Eliza Jane Aylmer was the daughter of Sir Udolphus Aylmer, 7th Lord Aylmer and Mary Eliza Journeaux.¹ She died in 1893, unmarried.¹

     Rear-Admiral Charles Feilding was born in 1780.¹ He was the son of Commodore Charles Feilding and Sophia Finch.¹ He married Lady Elizabeth Theresa Fox-Strangways, daughter of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester and Mary Theresa O’Grady, on 24 April 1804.¹ He died on 2 September 1837.¹

     Lady Elizabeth Theresa Fox-Strangways was the daughter of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester and Mary Theresa O’Grady.^1,2 She married, firstly, William Davenport Talbot, son of Reverend William Davenport and Martha Talbot, on 17 April 1796.¹ She married, secondly, Rear-Admiral Charles Feilding, son of Commodore Charles Feilding and Sophia Finch, on 24 April 1804.¹ She died on 12 March 1846 at Sackville Street, London, England.^2,3
     From 17 April 1796, her married name became Talbot. Her married name became Feilding.

     William Davenport Talbot was the son of Reverend William Davenport and Martha Talbot. He married Lady Elizabeth Theresa Fox-Strangways, daughter of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester and Mary Theresa O’Grady, on 17 April 1796.¹ He died on 30 July 1800.²
     He was also known as William Davenport-Talbot. He lived at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England^G.

     Mary Knowler was the daughter of John Knowler.¹ She married Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby, son of Hon. Edward Digby and Charlotte Fox, on 10 November 1770.¹ She died on 26 February 1794.¹
     From 10 November 1770, her married name became Digby. After her marriage, Mary Knowler was styled as Countess of Digby on 1 November 1790.

     John Knowler held the office of Recorder of Canterbury.¹ He lived at Canterbury, Kent, England^G.

     Edward Digby, 2nd Earl Digby was born on 6 January 1773.¹ He was the son of Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby and Mary Knowler.¹ He died on 12 May 1856 at age 83, unmarried.¹
     He was educated in 1790 at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Digby, of Sherborne, co. Dorset [G.B., 1765] on 25 September 1793.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Earl Digby, co. Lincoln [G.B., 1790] on 25 September 1793.¹ He succeeded as the 8th Baron Digby, of Geashill, King’s County [I., 1620] on 25 September 1793.² He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Coleshill, co. Warwick [G.B., 1790] on 25 September 1793.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset between 1805 and 1856.¹
     On his death, the Earldom of Digby and Viscountcy of Coleshill became extinct.¹