About Edmund Fielding
Lived 1680 – 1741 (aged 60–61). Edmund Fielding was an English and British military officer.
Lieutenant-General Edmund Fielding (29 January 1676 – 20 June 1741) was a British Army officer.
Military career Edmund Fielding was born 29 January 1676 in Puddletown, Dorset, the son of John Fielding, canon of Salisbury.
Fielding was promoted to brigadier in 1727, major-general in 1735 and to lieutenant-general in 1739.
Personal life He married Sarah Gould. They had two sons, Henry Fielding, who became an English novelist and dramatist, and Sir John Fielding, a magistrate, and four daughters, including the writer Sarah Fielding. Fielding died in 1741 in England.
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English army officer
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Edmund Fielding was born in 1680.
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Edmund Fielding was a military officer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Edmund Fielding. https://biography.guide/edmund-fielding/
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