Feilden baronets

The Feilden Baronetcy, of Feniscowles in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] 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.

The Arctic explorer Henry Wemyss Feilden, second son of Sir William Feilden, 2nd Baronet

Henry Wemyss Feilden, second son of the second Baronet, was an Arctic explorer.

Feilden baronets, of Feniscowles (1846)

Escutcheon of the Feilden baronets of Feniscowles

• Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet (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, MC,[2] 5th Baronet (1893–1976)
• Sir Henry Wemyss Feilden, 6th Baronet (1916–2010)
• Sir Henry Rudyard Feilden, 7th Baronet (born 1951)

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is William Henry Feilden (born 1983), eldest son of the 7th Baronet.

References

1. "No. 20618". The London Gazette. 30 June 1846. p. 2391.
2. "No. 29608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1916. p. 5573.

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment' s baronetage page
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832 – 1885