Randle Joseph Feilden CMG (1824 - 1895)

Born 21 Mar 1824 in Clifton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Jane Campbell (Hozier) Feilden — married 21 Mar 1861 (to 19 May 1895) in Carluke, Lanark, Scotland

Descendants

Died 19 May 1895 at age 71 in St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Randle Feilden CMG is Notable.

Randle was born in 1824. He was the son of Joseph Feilden and Frances Master. He was christened in Blackburn, Lancashire in 1826.

He joined the army in 1843, accepting a commission with the 60th Rifles, and subsequently served with his regiment in the Cape of Good Hope, India, Burma and British North America. It was for commanding a battalion of the 60th during the Red River Expedition under General Wolsey that he was awarded “Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George” (C.M.G.).^[1]

Randle Joseph Feilden married Jean Campbell Hozier on 21 Mar 1861 in Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland.^[2]

His brother Henry Master Feilden died childless in 1875 and Randle inherited the family estate at Witton in Lancashire. ^[3] Henry had been M.P. from 1863 to 1875^{[4] [5]} On the sudden death of the incumbent MP for North Lancashire in 1880, Randle announced his own candidature for the Conservative party in a letter to the electors printed in the local paper. He declared himself against Home Rule for Ireland, in praise of the government’s foreign policy, in favour of adhering to the principles of the Church of England and in particular in favour of including religious instruction in elementary schools, in favour if the repeal of the Indian cotton duties to benefit local industry, welfare of agricultural interest, and to cut expenditure and taxation^[6] After his election to Parliament in 1880, the local newspaper printed a large feature including information about General Feilden’s career and family history and gave away a portrait of him with the paper ^[7] The following general election in 1885 saw the constituency boundaries altered, and General Feilden was once again returned to Parliament, this time as MP for Chorley, Lancashire.^[8], a seat which he continued to hold until his death ^[9]

He donated land and contributed towards the building costs for the St. Francis’ Church, Feniscliffe, consecrated in 1893.^[10]

He died in 1895 (likely as a result of his suffering with influenza) and was buried on 27 May 1895 in Witton, Lancashire, England.^[11]

Christening

Baptism: 14 Sep 1826 St Mary the Virgin, Blackburn, Lancashire, England

Randle Joseph Feilden - Son of Joseph Feilden, Esquire & Frances Mary

Born: 21 Mar 1824

Abode: Witton House

Baptised by: John Wm. Whittaker Vicar^[12]

Marriage

“MARRIAGES...Lanarkshire.- On the 21st inst. at Mauldslie Castle, by the Venerable Archdeacon Master, uncle of the bride-groom, assisted by the Very Rev Dean Henderson, Randle Joseph Feilden, Esq., Major 60th Rifles, eldest son of Joseph Feilden, Esq.m of Witton Park, Lancashire, to Jane Campbell, eldest daughter of James Hozier, Esq., of Mauldslie Castle.”^[13]

Burial

Burial: 27 May 1895 St Mark, Witton, Lancashire, England

Randle Joseph Feilden -

Age: 71 years

Abode: Witton Park & 32 Grovenor Gaden London

Buried by: F. Cramer Roberts Bp. Vicar of Blackburn & J. Rhodes Ashworth Vicar^[14]

Census

• 1881 England Census: Name: Randle Feilden; Event Place: St George Hanover Square, London,Middlesex, England; Registration District: St George Hanover Square; Residence Note: Eaton Place; Sex: Male; Age: 55; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: M P Major General Reg Army; Birth Year (Estimated): 1826; Birthplace: Bristol Clifton, Gloucestershire, England; Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Randle Feilden Head M 55 Bristol Clifton, Gloucestershire, England

Jane Feilden Wife F 50 Lancashire, England

Catherine Feilden Daughter F 16 Lanarkshire, Scotland

Annie Milne Servant F 32 Inverkeiller Forfar, England

S J Combes Servant F 36 Charlton, Somerset, England

Fanny Ford Servant F 23 Warwick, Warwickshire, England

Caroline Bruhill Servant F 45 London, Middlesex, England

Helen Hartley Servant F 22 Doarwan, Lancashire, England

Martha Case Servant F 22 Braytown Rise, Shropshire, England

Christina Ross Servant F 24 Tains, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland

• 1891 England Census: Name: Randle J Feilden; Event Place: Witton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; Event Place (Original): Witton, Lancashire, England; Event Place Note: Witton Park; County: Lancashire; Parish: Witton; Ecclesiastical Parish: ST MARKS; Registration District: Blackburn; Sex: Male; Age: 67; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Lieutenant General Retired From The Army; Birth Year (Estimated): 1824; Birthplace: England; Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Randle J Feilden Head M 67 England

Mary A Tinsley Servant F 64 Norfolk, England

Hannah E Eden Servant F 22 Staffordshire, England

Frances Murray Servant F 23 Yorkshire, England

Obituary

“DEATH OF GENERAL FEILDEN M. P. The death is announced of Lieutenant-General Randle Joseph Feilden C.M.G., M.P. for the Chorley Division of Lancashire, which took place on Sunday, at his residence in Grosvenor Gardens, London. The gallant officer was born in 1824, and entered the army in March, 1843. He commanded the 1st Battalion of the 60th Rifles on the Red River expedition of 1870, being nominated a C.M.G. for his services in that campaign. He was returned to Parliament for the North Division of Lancashire in 1880, and for the Chorley Division in 1885, a seat which he has since occupied. He was a Conservative in politics and was in favour of all practicable reduction of public expenditure consistent with the complete efficiency of the army and navy. He greatly interested himself in questions affecting the industries of his county, and was in favour of the repeal of the Indian cotton duties. General Feilden married in 1861. Jean Campbell, daughter of Mr. James Hozier, of Maddislie Castle, Lanarkshire. By General Feilden’s death a bye-election is necessitated in the Chorley Division. General Feilden had been in ill-health since Christmas, but (says the Press Association) at no time was his indisposition looked upon as serious. On Saturday evening he appeared to be not so well, but his family had no idea that death was so near at hand, and it was not until Sunday morning that he grew rapidly worse and expired almost suddenly. The immediate cause of the honourable member’s death is understood to be heart disease.” “The Herald” 25 May 1895 Page 6 Column 5

Will and Probate

“I RANDLE JOSEPH FEILDEN of Witton Park in The county of Lancaster a Colonel in Her Majesty’s Army hereby revoke all former wills and codicils and declare this to be my last Will and testament I bequeath to my wife Jean Campbell Feilden the sum of £1000 to be paid to her as soon as possible after my death and all my plate plated articles furniture linen glass china pictures prints musical instruments books and other articles of household use ornament horses carriages saddlery harness and stable furniture and wines liquors and household and stable stores and provisions for her absolute use and benefit Whereas my late father Joseph Feilden duly executed his Will sated the thirtieth day of November One thousand eight hundred and sixty nine and thereby gave and devised all and every the manors or Lordships messuages lands tithes tenements hereditaments and estates situate and being in the Townships of Witton and Blackburn in the County of Lancaster or elsewhere of or to which he or any person or persons in trust for him should at the time of his decease be seized or entitled in possession reversion remainder expectancy or contingency or which he had power to dispose of or appoint by that his Will with their respective rights members and appurtenances (save and except leasehold estates and the estates which he otherwise specifically disposed of by that his Will or any Codicil thereto and save also the estates vested in him upon any trusts or by. Way of mortgage) unto his the said testators wife Fanny Feilden his son William Leyland Feilden and his sons in law Ralph Assheton and Robert Feilden their heirs and assigns To the uses therein after mentioned (that was to say) As to his hereditaments and estates in the said Townships of Witton and Blackburn To secure his the said testators said wife during Widowhood the yearly rent charge of One thousand five hundred pounds and subject thereto To the use of trustees for the term of two hundred years for securing the payment thereof and subject thereto and to the trusts thereof And also as to for and concerning all and every other his the said testators estates thereinbefore devised from and immediately after his decease To the use of trustees for the term of One thousand years upon the trusts therein mentioned being trusts to permit his the said testators wife to reside at Witton for one year after his death and to have the use of the pleasure grounds and thirty acres of land keeping the same in repair and for the purposes of such occupation to raise the sum of One thousand five hundred pounds and also to raise by mortgage portions for his the said testators younger children as therein mentioned and subject thereto and to the trusts thereof To the use of his the said testators eldest son Henry Master Feilden and his assigns for his life with remainder to the use of the first and every other son (except as therein after provided) of the said Henry Master Feilden successively in tail male with remainder To the use of myself and my assigns during my life with remainder to the use of my first and every other son successively in tail mail with divers remainders over And the testator thereby declared that it should be lawful for each of his sons thereby made tenants for life of his said Manors and other hereditaments thereinbefore devised either before or after he shall be entitled to the actual possession or to the rents issues and profits of the same Manors and other hereditaments by virtue of the limitations thereinbefore contained 9but subject and without prejudice to the said annuity thereinbefore given to his said wife and to the powers and remedies for securing the same and to the said two several terms of two hundred years and one thousand years and the trusts thereof and to all other the uses and estates preceding the estate of the person for the time being exercising the power now in recital and to the powers annexed to such preceding uses or estates and to the uses or estates limited in exercise of such power and also subject to the several restrictive provisions therein after contained by any deed or deeds with or without power of revocation and new appointment or by Will or Codicil to appoint.... ...the said testators died on or about the twenty ninth day of August one thousand eight hundred and seventy without having altered or revoked his said Will and the same was duly proved in the Lancaster Registry of the Court of Probate on the fifth day of November One thousand eight hundred and seventy And whereas the said Henry Master Feilden died on or about the fifth day of September One thousand eight hundred and seventy five without issue make and in exercise of the powers for this purpose given him by the said hereinbefore recited Will the said Henry Master Feilden charged the Manirs and hereditaments thereby demised with the payment of a yearly rent charge of three hundred pounds to his wife Hannah Feilden during her life and with the payment of three thousand pounds to his only daughter by her AND WHEREAS upon the decease of my said brother Henry Master Feilden I became entitled to the hereditaments devised by the hereinbefore recited Will for an estate for my life in possession AND WHEREAS upon my marriage with my present wife my father settled the sum of eight thousand pounds and by his Will he also charged the estates with the payment of the further sum of two thousand pounds as a further portion for me and which sum of two thousand pounds has been paid to the trustees of my Mariiage Settlement making in all the sum of ten thousand pounds Now in exercise of the power for this purpose given me by the hereinbefore recited Will of my said late father and of every or any other power in any wise enabling me in this behalf (but subject and without prejudice to the said annuity by the said Will given to the said Fanny Feilden and to the powers and remedies for securing the same and to the said several terms of two hundred years and One thousand years and the trusts thereof and to the uses and estates limited by the said Henry Master Feilden in respect of the powers annexed to his life estate I do by this my Will appoint to my said wife Jean Campbell Feilden during her life the yearly rent charge of five hundred pounds or if I cannot charge that yearly rent charge then the largest rent charge which under the several restrictive provisions contained in the hereinbefore recited Will I am enabled to charge by way of jointers and in bar of dower or freebench to be charged upon and ...the Reverend Robert Atherton Rawsterne of Balderstone in the County of Lancaster Clerk and the Reverend John Robert Feilden of Baconsthorpe in the County of Norfolk Clerk their executors administrators and assigns for the term of ninety nine years to commence from my death...my brother the Reverend William Leyland Feilden of Knowsley Lancashire and my brother in law Ralph Assheton Esquire of Downham Hall in the County of Lancaster... “

[There are lists of property, leaseholders, and rents due]

[He made provision for his children without naming them]

[He made a codicil to the Will replacing Ralph Assheton as executor with Edward Henry Cardwell of 11 Cromwell Place in the County of Middlesex]

[Witnesses are WILLIAM MOULT Knowles Hall Lancre Land Agent & JAMES DRAPER Surveyor Knowsley Hall] “...Randle Joseph Feilden of Witton road Blackburn in the County of Lancaster and of No 32 Grosvenor Gardens in the County of London M.P. C.M.G. & Lieutenant General in Her Majesty’s Army deceased who died on the 19th day of May 1895 at No 32 Grosvenor Gardens aforesaid...”^[15]

Research Notes

8Death GRO 2nd quarter 1895 at St. George Hanover Square 1a. 268

8UK Census 1891 Randle J. Feilden, age 67. married, born Clifton Bristol Occupation Lieutenant General, Retired fro the Army

Sources

1. ↑ “The Blackburn Standard” 24 Jul 1880 Page 5
2. ↑ Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. FHL Film Number: 6035516
3. ↑ From Information contained in the Will
4. ↑ “The Blackburn Standard” 31 Jul 1880 Page 5
5. ↑ “The Blackburn Standard” 24 Jul 1880 Page 5
6. ↑ “The Lancaster Gazette” 3 Apr 1880 Page 4
7. ↑ “The Blackburn Standard” 24 Jul 1880 Page 5
8. ↑ “The Standard” (London, England) 23 Jul 1895 Page 5
9. ↑ “The Weekly Standard and Express” 25 May 1895 Page 3
10. ↑ “The Weekly Standard and Express” 2 Dec 1893 Page 8
11. ↑ “The Weekly Standard and Express” 25 May 1895 Page 3
12. ↑ http://www.lan-opc.org.uk Register: Baptisms 1822 - 1828, Page 224, Entry 1786; Source: LDS Film 1278804
13. ↑ “The Lancaster Gazette” 30 Mar 1861 Page 5
14. ↑ http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Register: Burials 1843 - 1895, Page 3, Entry 8; Source: LDS Film 1470814
15. ↑ “Pennsylvania probate record; Probate Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wills, No 1747-1766b, 1895 25 pages

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q273-ZY86 : 10 December 2017), Randle Feilden, St George Hanover Square, London,Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 11, Piece/Folio 99/100, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,335.

See also:

• The Peerage
• Wikipedia contributors. (2020, September 26). Joseph Feilden. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:29, February 3, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Feilden&oldid=980439066
• Wikidata: Item Q6283050