John Leyland Feilden, Buried Newent and not in The Holy Land (General)

by Mike Pinchin , Bedford, England, Sunday, June 22, 2014, 16:01 (3808 days ago) @ dink999

I’ve come across John Leyland FEILDEN before since my mother’s oldest sister (older by some twenty years), Mildred Kate HOLFORD (baptised at Longhope 1884), was a servant in his house in Newent in 1911. By then he was 89 and describes himself as an author. Certainly this book confirms his convictions about England and the lost tribes of Israel,

https://archive.org/details/linksinchainevi00feilgoog

He was an interesting character and seems to have travelled widely to look after family interests abroad. He was an early, if ill–starred, sugar planter in Natal. His wife kept a diary of their experiences and published it some twenty years later in 1887,

http://www.natalia.org.za/Files/38/Natalia%2038%20pp1-7%20C.pdf

His falling-out with the Rector at Burwash and the ensuing mausoleum is mentioned here.

http://www.visitoruk.com/Bexhill-on-sea/burwash-C592-V29633.html