Talk:William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh

Journey to the East

Not sure about the sentence that suggests after Buckingham's assassination Denbigh had little to do so travelled halfway across the world. His inclination to travel to India seems to have been borne by curiosity and eccentricity. The MacIntyre source states the following: Susan Villiers, Countess of Denbigh, sister of the favorite [Buckingham,…continued to have access to both the king and the queen independently even after [his] assassination…in 1628…. [She] kept alive the Villiers patronage network in both Privy Council and Household

Also, some clarity on the journey and when he went to Persia? It seems Denbigh went to Persia before going to India in the capacity of an envoy as per the 1631 portrait. Gaelicbow (talk) 13:45, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

I will have another look at the sources, but my understanding was that the north of India was ruled by the Persian Shah at that time so the references to persia are also referring to india. So it was one territory. But may be wrong! Atrapalhado (talk) 14:11, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Not sure the Safavids did rule northern India at the time, but I too may be wrong! Maybe it doesn't matter as he was known to have 'visited' both the Mughals and Safavids in some fashion. Gaelicbow (talk) 14:51, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

I re-read the article by Jean McIntyre - it seems he did get to visit the Great Moghul ruler of India but he did not meet the Shah of Persia, though that was the plan. He travelled to Persia by ship on his return from India but was only there for 5 weeks which would not have allowed time to visit the Shah's court and the Shah was anyway on military campaign.Atrapalhado (talk) 14:11, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

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