Feilden Baronets
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The Feilden Baronetcy, of Feniscowles
in the County of Lancaster, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 July 1846 for William Feilden
, Member of Parliament
for Blackburn
between 1832 and 1847. He sat as a Liberal
from 1832 to 1841 then as a Conservative
from then until 1847.
Henry Wemyss Feilden
, second son of the second Baronet, was an Arctic explorer.
Feniscowles
Feniscowles is a village in the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is situated approximately west of Blackburn...
in the County of Lancaster, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 July 1846 for William Feilden
Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet
Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet was an English cotton manufacturer and a Liberal and later Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1847....
, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Blackburn
Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)
Blackburn is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The town currently elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It has elected Labour MPs since its re-creation in 1955.-Boundaries:The constituency...
between 1832 and 1847. He sat as a Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
from 1832 to 1841 then as a Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
from then until 1847.
Henry Wemyss Feilden
Henry Wemyss Feilden
Colonel Henry Wemyss Feilden was a British Army officer, Arctic explorer and naturalist.Feilden was the second son of Sir William Henry Feilden , 2nd Baronet of Feniscowles). After joining the Black Watch, at the age of nineteen, he fought in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny...
, second son of the second Baronet, was an Arctic explorer.
Feilden Baronets, of Feniscowles (1846)
- Sir William Feilden, 1st BaronetSir William Feilden, 1st BaronetSir William Feilden, 1st Baronet was an English cotton manufacturer and a Liberal and later Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1847....
(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, 5th Baronet (1893-1976)
- Sir Henry Wemyss Feilden, 6th Baronet (1916-2010)
- Sir Henry Rudyard Feilden, 7th Baronet (b. 1951)