The Field is a British monthly magazine about country matters and field sports. It was started as a weekly magazine in 1853, and has remained in print since then; Robert Smith Surtees was among the founders. In the nineteenth century, it was known as Field: The Country Gentleman's Newspaper. The magazine is one of the earliest hobby magazines. It is published by Future plc.
Editors of The Field 1853–1857: Mark Lemon 1857–1888: John Henry Walsh 1888–1899: Frederick Toms 1900–1910: William Senior 1910–1928: Sir Theodore Andrea Cook 1931–1937: Eric Parker 1938–1946: Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald 1947–1950: Leonard V. Dodds 1951–1977: Wilson Stephens 1977–1984: Derek Bingham 1984–1987: Simon Courtauld 1987–1991: Julie Spencer 1991–2020: Jonathan Young 2020–present: Alexandra Henton
Hunting and racing editors 1928–1936: William Fawcett"Fawcett, William", in Who Was Who 1941–1950 (London: A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint, ).
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