William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh

A 1631 portrait of Denbigh by Anthony van Dyck, depicting him in India with an Indian attendant[1]

William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh (c. 1587 – 8 April 1643) was an English courtier and peer who served as the Custos Rotulorum of Warwickshire from 1628 to 1643. As the brother-in-law of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, the royal favourite of James VI and I, he became involved in several major events during the Stuart period.[2][3]

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