Percy Feilding
{{Short description|British Army general (1827–1904)}}
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General Sir Percy Robert Basil Feilding {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (26 June 1827 – 9 January 1904) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Born the son of William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh, Feilding was commissioned as an ensign in the 85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers) but transferred shortly afterwards to the Coldstream Guards.{{London Gazette|issue=20630 |page=2875| date=7 August 1846}} He fought in the Crimean War and was appointed a Knight, 5th class of the Order of the Medjidie in March 1858.{{London Gazette|issue=22107 |page=1254| date=2 March 1858}} He became Commander of the Infantry Brigade at Malta in January 1879 and General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in April 1885.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=2 July 2016}}
Personal life
On 29 April 1862, he married Lady Louisa Isabella Harriet Thynne (1834 – 26 June 1919), daughter of Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. They had six children.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
He lived at Broome Park in Betchworth{{cite web|url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/denbigh1622.htm|title=William Basil Percy [Feilding], 7th Earl of Denbigh, GCH PC|publisher=Cracroft's Peerage|accessdate=2 July 2016}} and later at his family home of Sturford House, Warminster, he also resided at 107 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, when he was in London.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/457782248/|title=The Necessary Affidavit|date=18 November 1887 |publisher=The San Francisco Examiner|accessdate=22 July 2020}}
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Category:British Army generals
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Category:King's Shropshire Light Infantry officers
Category:Coldstream Guards officers
Category:Younger sons of earls
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 5th class
Category:British Army personnel of the Crimean War
Category:Military personnel from Surrey
Category:Military personnel from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea