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| Basil FEILDING Matric. Fell.-Com. from QUEENS', Easter 1621. Of Warwickshire . S. and h. of William (1603), first Earl of Denbigh. B. c 1608 . M.A. 1622 ( fil. nob. ). K.B. 1626 . Summoned to the House of Lords as Baron Feilding, of Newnham Paddock, Warwickshire , 1628 . Served as a volunteer at the siege of Bois-le-Duc [ Holland ], 1629 . Travelled in Germany . Entered at Basel University [ Switzerland ], 1631 . Ambassador extraordinary to the Venetian Republic [ Italy ], 1634-9 . Commanded a regiment in the Parliamentary Army at Edgehill [ Warwickshire ], 1642 . Appointed commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary Forces in the associated counties of Warwickshire , Worcestershire , Staffordshire , and Shropshire , 1643 . Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire , 1643 . Succeeded as 2nd Earl of Denbigh, 1643 . Suspected of disaffection and relieved of his command, 1644 . Employed as commissioner for the Treaty of Uxbridge [ Middlesex ], 1645 . State-councillor, 1649-51 . Gradually went over to the Royalist party. Created Baron St Liz, 1664 . Died at Dunstable [ Bedfordshire ], 28 Nov., 1675, s.p. Buried at Monk's Kirby [ Warwickshire ]. ( D.N.B. ; G.E.C. ) | Basil FEILDING Approx. lifespan: 1608–1675 Matric. Fell.-Com. from Queens' College 1621:04ET: Of Warwickshire s. and h. of William FEILDING (1603) first Earl of Denbigh. b. c1608 M.A. 1622 ( fil. nob. ). K.B. 1626 Summoned to the House of Lords as Baron FEILDING, of Newnham Paddock, Warwickshire 1628 Served as a volunteer at the siege of Bois-le-Duc, [ Holland ] 1629 Travelled in Germany Entered at Basel University, [ Switzerland ] 1631 Ambassador extraordinary to the Venetian Republic, [ Italy ] 1634-39 Commanded a regiment in the Parliamentary Army at Edgehill, [ Warwickshire ] 1642 Appointed commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary Forces in the associated counties of Warwickshire , Worcestershire , Staffordshire , Shropshire 1643 Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire 1643 Succeeded as 2nd Earl of Denbigh 1643 Suspected of disaffection and relieved of his command 1644 Employed as commissioner for the Treaty of Uxbridge, [ Middlesex ] 1645 State-councillor 1649-51 Gradually went over to the Royalist party. Created Baron St Liz 1664 Died at Dunstable, [ Bedfordshire ] 1675:11:28 s.p. Buried at Monk's Kirby, [ Warwickshire ] ( D.N.B. ; G.E.C. ) |