Basil Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh

William Basil Percy Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh, 6th Earl of Desmond, GCH, PC (25 March 1796 – 25 June 1865), styled Viscount Feilding between 1799 and 1800, was a British peer and courtier.

Background and education
Feilding was the eldest son of William Feilding, Viscount Feilding and his wife, Anne Catherine Powys. He was born at Berwick House (the seat of his maternal grandparents), near Shrewsbury, and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated MA in 1816.

In 1799, Feilding's father died and his grandfather also a year later, whereupon Feilding inherited the latter's title.

Career
From 1830, Lord Denbigh was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to William IV. In 1833, he was made a GCH, admitted to the Privy Council and transferred to Queen Adelaide's Household, first as her Lord Chamberlain, then as Master of the Horse. He was made a Deputy Lieutenant for Warwickshire in 1825 and received an honorary degree from Oxford University as DCL in 1835.

Family
Lord Denbigh married Lady Mary Elizabeth Moreton, eldest daughter of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, 1st Earl of Ducie and Lady Frances Herbert, on 8 May 1822. They had the following issue:
 * Rudolph William Basil, Viscount Feilding, later 8th Earl of Denbigh (twin, 1823–1892).
 * Lady Mary Frances Catherine Feilding (twin, 1823–1896)
 * Hon. Percy Robert Basil Feilding (1827–1904), soldier
 * Lady Jane Lissey Harriet Feilding (1829–1912), married Capt. Theophilus John Levett of Wychnor Hall
 * Rev. Hon. Charles William Alexander Feilding (1833–1893)
 * Gen. Hon. William Henry Adelbert Feilding (1836–1895)
 * Lady Adelaide Emily Feilding (1836–1870), married Charles Archibald Murray. They had two sons and two daughters.
 * Lady Ida Matilda Alice Feilding (1840–1915), married William Malcolm Low.
 * Lady Katherine Elizabeth Mary Julia (1842–1882), married Charles Meysey Bolton Clive. They had three sons and three daughters.

His wife died in 1842 and his eldest daughter Mary became the de-facto parent to her siblings. Mary would go on to found the Working Ladies' Guild. Lord Denbigh died in 1865 in London, and his titles passed to his eldest son, Rudolph.