Editing Mark Field (section)

==Early life and education==
Field was born on 6 October 1964 at the British Military Hospital<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qaranc.co.uk/bmhanover.php|title=BMH Hannover – British Military Hospital Germany|website=www.qaranc.co.uk}}</ref> in [[Hanover]], Germany. His father Peter (died 1991) was a major in the [[British Army]] and his mother Ulrike (''née'' Peipe, died 2010) was of [[German people|German]] origin. Field was educated at the [[State-funded schools (England)|state-funded]] [[grammar school]], [[Reading School]] and [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/5833/mark-field|title=Mark Field: Electoral history and profile – Politics – ''The Guardian''|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|access-date=8 December 2014}}</ref> where he graduated with a [[B.A. degree]] in [[Jurisprudence]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/candidates/candidates/2/23702.stm|title=VOTE 2001 &#124; CANDIDATES|website=BBC News |accessdate=4 March 2025}}</ref>

He was secretary and national political officer of the [[Oxford University Conservative Association]] from 1985 to 1986, [[Common Room (university)|JCR]] president of St Edmund Hall in 1986, and he was also news editor of student newspaper ''[[Cherwell (newspaper)|Cherwell]]'' while it was under the editorships of [[Christina Lamb]] and [[Anne McElvoy]]. During his student days, Field set up a publishing firm after spotting a gap in the market for [[Career guide|careers handbooks]] in the legal profession. He completed his education at [[University of Law|The College of Law]] at [[Chester]], qualifying as a solicitor in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.ac.uk/about/alumni/|title=Alumni|website=www.law.ac.uk}}</ref>