Edward Field Vanity Fair 18 July 1891 crop

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Edward Field (December 1828 – 26 March 1912) was a

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officer and English

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politician. Field was born at

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and joined the Royal Navy, becoming a lieutenant on 20 December 1851. From 1 January 1857 he was a lieutenant on gunneryship HMS ''Excellent'' at Portsmouth. He was promoted to Commander on 16 June 1859. On 31 January 1863 he became Commander in HMS ''Trincomalee'', Royal Naval reserve training ship at Sunderland on 23 July 1866 he commander a cruiser under commissioning at Portsmouth, and on 10 August 1866 became Commander in HMS ''Helicon'' of the Channel squadron. He retired from the navy as a captain and in 1881 was living at The Grove,

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with his wife Mary Ann. He was a JP. At the 1885 general election Field was elected as

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(MP) for

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. He was by this time a

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and spoke on naval matters in parliament. He held his seat until he stood down at the 1900 general election. He was promoted to admiral on the retired list in 1897. He was appointed Companion of the

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in 1897. Field died at Alverstoke at the age of 83.

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* 1828 births 1912 deaths People from Chesham Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 Royal Navy admirals {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1820s-stub