Feilden baronets

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

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.

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

Feilden baronets, of Feniscowles (1846)

• 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

• 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