Edmund Fielding
Lieutenant General Edmund Fielding (1676 – 20 June 1741) was a British Army officer.
Edmund Fielding | |
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| Born | 1676 |
| Died | 20 June 1741 |
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| Service/ | English Army British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot |
| Battles/wars | War of the Spanish Succession |
| Relations | Henry Fielding (son) Sarah Fielding (daughter) |
Military career
Born the son of John Fielding, canon of Salisbury, Fielding served under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession.[1] He raised the 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot from independent companies of invalids in 1719.[2] He was promoted to brigadier in 1727,[3] major-general in 1735 and to lieutenant-general in 1739.[4] He married Sarah Gould and they had two sons, Henry Fielding, who became an English novelist and dramatist, and Edmund Fielding, who served as an officer in the Royal Navy, and four daughters including the writer Sarah Fielding.[5]
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References
- Nichols, p. 356
- "41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot". National Army Museum. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "No. 6572". The London Gazette. 11 April 1727. p. 3.
- "No. 7823". The London Gazette. 14 July 1739. p. 1.
- Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). . Dictionary of National Biography. 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 416–423.
Sources
- Nichols, John (1812). Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century: comprising biographical memoirs of William Bowyer, Printer, FSA, and many of his learned friends. Nichols, Son and Bentley.
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