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How was Henry Fielding related to the earl of Denbigh?

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Henry Fielding, frontispiece to Fielding's Works (1st ed., 1762), engraving by James Basire after a drawing by William Hogarth — Henry Fielding Henry Fielding, frontispiece to Fielding's *Works* (1st ed., 1762), engraving by James Basire after a drawing by William Hogarth

Henry Fielding was a descendant of the 1st earl of Denbigh, William Fielding, who was considered a direct ancestor of the author's family. Fielding’s family tradition held that they were descended from a branch of the Habsburgs.1