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Lord Leslie Field

The title of Baron of Fielden was bestowed to the Field family for their assistance to the crown during the reign of Henry IV of England and was linked to land around the area of Fielden. This title held the rank of ‘lesser baron’ under the old feudal system. In 1660 under the Tenures Abolition Act, all baronies titles of feudal barony became obsolete and without legal force and Feudal baronies by tenure were converted into baronies by writ under The Abolition Act 1660.

William Field, 1st Baron Field was raised into peerage from 19th Baron of Fielden to Lord Field of Bakeham, in the County of Surrey, on 10 April 1890.

Lord Field died at Bognor on 23 January 1907, aged 95. As he left no issue the peerage of Bakeham became extinct and due to the law of primogeniture, his hereditary title of Baron of Fielden was succeeded by his cousin Leslie Charles Field to become the 20th Baron of Fielden. Lord Field resided in Walton Hall, Warwickshire and Pitfour Castle in St Madoes, Perthshire.

The Christian name Leslie is traditionally given to the first born son in the field family. Lord Leslie Charles was succeeded by his son Leslie Robert Field (1936-2017). The current 22nd Baron of Fielden is Lord Leslie John Field (1967 - ) who resides in East Sussex. The Field crest carries the family motto Sapientia donum Dei which means "Wisdom is the gift of God".