Lieutenant-General Edmund Fielding (29 January 1676 – 20 June 1741) was a British Army officer.
[1] Fielding joined the English Army as an ensign in the 1st Foot Guards on 15 December 1696.
He was promoted to captain some time before 1704, serving in Webb's Regiment of Foot.
Fighting under Lord Marlborough in the War of the Spanish Succession, Fielding was present at the Battle of Blenheim on 13 August 1704.
He was placed on half pay in 1713 before on 11 March 1719 he raised what came to be known as the 41st Regiment of Foot from independent companies of invalids.