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Excerpt from The Life of Henry Fielding: With Notices of His Writings, His Times, and His Contemporaries George Fielding, l the second son of the first Earl of Denbigh, who was subsequently created Earl of Desmond, was a devoted royalist, like his father. This nobleman left behind him four sons, the youngest of whom was Dr. John Fielding, Canon of Salisbury, and Chaplain to William III., who married Bridget, daughter of Scipio Cockain, Esq., and was blessed with a numerous progeny. His youngest son, Edmund - the father of the novelist entered the army, served with distinction under the Duke of Marlborough, and, about 1730, attained the rank of lieutenant-general. General Fielding's first wife was the daughter of Sir Henry Gould, a judge of the King's Bench.2 This lady bore him six children, two of whom were boys - the novelist, and his brother Edmund (who entered the navy, and died young) - 'and four girls, named respectively, Catherine, Ursula, Sarah (afterwards well known in the world of letters as the authoress of David and Beatrice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.