Earl Marshal and among his responsibilities today is the organisation of major ceremonial state occasions like the monarch's coronation in Westminster Abbey and state funerals. He is also a leading officer of arms and oversees the College of Arms. The current Earl Marshal is Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, who inherited the position in 2002. There was formerly an Earl Marshal of Ireland and Earl Marischal of Scotland. The office of royal marshal existed in much of Europe, involving managing horses and protecting the monarch. In England, the office became hereditary under John FitzGilbert the Marshal (served c.1130–1165) after The Anarchy,
Earl of Denbigh Earl of Denbigh Earl of Denbigh (pronounced "Denby") is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1622 for the courtier and soldier William Feilding, 1st Viscount Feilding. The earldom was one of the hereditary peerages whose entitlement to sit in the House of Lords removed by the House of Lords Act 1999. The family seat is Newnham Paddox House, near Rugby, Warwickshire. The Feilding Family have been Lords of Newnham Paddox in Monks Kirby, Warwickshire since 1433. Despite almost certainly being of Warwickshire origin, in the middle of the seventeenth century following their elevation to the