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			{{Short description\|British county councillor, prison reformer, philanthropist, horticulturist and author}}
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			{{infobox officeholder
			\| honorific_suffix = [[Member of the British Empire\|MBE]]
			\| birth_name = Xenia Noelle Lowinsky
			\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1894\|12\|25\|df=y}}
			\| birth_place = [[Secunderabad]], India
			\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1998\|01\|24\|1894\|12\|25\|df=y}}
			\| death_place = [[London]], UK
			\| occupation = Philanthropist, county councillor, and author
			\| party = [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour]]<br />[[Social Democratic Party (UK)\|SDP]] (from 1982)
			\| office = Member of the [[London County Council]]<br>for [[Paddington North (London County Council constituency)\|Paddington North]]
			\| term =
			\| term_start = 1946
			\| term_end = 1950
			\| nationality = British
			\| father = Thomas Hermann Lowinsky
			\| spouse = {{marriage\| James Field\|1936\|1941\|end=his death}}
			}}
	'''Xenia Noelle Field''' [[Member of the Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (née '''Lowinsky'''; 25 December 1894 – 24 January 1998) was a British county councillor, prison reformer, philanthropist, [[horticulture\|horticulturist]] and author.		'''Xenia Noelle Field''' [[Member of the Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (née '''Lowinsky'''; 25 December 1894 – 24 January 1998) was a British county councillor, prison reformer, philanthropist, [[horticulture\|horticulturist]] and author.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Field was born on 25 December 1894 at [[Secunderabad]], India, where her father [[Thomas Hermann Lowinsky]] was general manager of the [[Singareni Collieries Company\|Hyderabad (Deccan) Co]] coal mines.<ref name="Buczacki">{{cite ~~web~~\|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/69295 \|title=Oxford DNB article: Field, Xenia Noelle\|last=Buczacki \|first=Stefan \|author-link=Stefan Buczacki \|year=2004 \|~~work~~=~~[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]] \|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]~~ \|access-date=29 July 2014 }}</ref> On their return to England, the family lived at [[Tittenhurst Park]] in [[Berkshire]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> Field was a pupil at [[Heathfield School, Ascot\|Heathfield School]], and then attended [[finishing school]] in [[Paris]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> Her father was a keen gardener, who won a [[Royal Horticultural Society]] gold medal.<ref name="Buczacki" />		Field was born on 25 December 1894 at [[Secunderabad]], India, where her father Thomas Hermann Lowinsky was general manager of the [[Singareni Collieries Company\|Hyderabad (Deccan) Co]] coal mines.<ref name="Buczacki">{{cite ODNB\|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/69295 \|title=Oxford DNB article: Field, Xenia Noelle\|last=Buczacki \|first=Stefan \|author-link=Stefan Buczacki \|year=2004 \|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/69295 \|access-date=29 July 2014 }}</ref> On their return to England, the family lived at [[Tittenhurst Park]] in [[Berkshire]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> Field was a pupil at [[Heathfield School, Ascot\|Heathfield School]], and then attended [[finishing school]] in [[Paris]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> Her father was a keen gardener, who won a [[Royal Horticultural Society]] gold medal.<ref name="Buczacki" />

	==Career==		==Career==
	In [[World War II]], after a stint in the [[Women's Royal Voluntary Service]], she led the [[Women's Organization for Salvage and Recovery]] for [[Herbert Morrison]] of the [[Ministry of Supply]].<ref name="Buczacki" />		In [[World War II]], after a stint in the [[Women's Royal Voluntary Service]], she led the [[Women's Organization for Salvage and Recovery]] for [[Herbert Morrison]] of the [[Ministry of Supply]].<ref name="Buczacki" />

	With Morrison's support, she was elected as a [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour]] member of [[London County Council]] in 1946, representing [[Paddington North (London County Council constituency)\|Paddington North]] electoral division.<ref name="Buczacki" /><ref>{{cite book\|title=Achievement: A short History of the London County Council\|page=262\|author=W Eric Jackson\|publisher=[[Longmans]]\|year=1965}}</ref> She stood, unsuccessfully, for parliament, first at [[North Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)\|North Somerset]] in [[1950 United Kingdom general election\|1950]] and then at [[Colchester (UK Parliament constituency)\|Colchester]] in [[1951 United Kingdom general election\|1951]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> She also sat as a [[Magistrates' court (England and Wales)\|magistrate]], and became interested in [[prison reform]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> She joined the breakaway [[Social Democratic Party (UK)\|Social Democratic Party]] in 1982, shortly after their formation.<ref name="Buczacki" />		With Morrison's support, she was elected as a [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour]] member of [[London County Council]] in 1946, representing [[Paddington North (London County Council constituency)\|Paddington North]] electoral division.<ref name="Buczacki" /><ref>{{cite book\|title=Achievement: A short History of the London County Council\|page=262\|author=W Eric Jackson\|publisher=[[Longmans]]\|year=1965}}</ref> She stood, unsuccessfully, for parliament, first at [[North Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)\|North Somerset]] in [[1950 United Kingdom general election\|1950]] and then at [[Colchester (UK Parliament constituency)\|Colchester]] in [[1951 United Kingdom general election\|1951]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> She also sat as a [[Magistrates' court (England and Wales)\|magistrate]], and became interested in [[prison reform]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> She joined the breakaway [[Social Democratic Party (UK)\|Social Democratic Party]] (SDP) in 1982, shortly after their formation.<ref name="Buczacki" />

	She used a bequest from her father to establish a [[charitable trust]], the [[Field Foundation]], under whose auspices she gave financial support to [[The Salvation Army]], persuading them to set up the first bail hostel in Britain, in 1971.<ref name="Buczacki" /> She was made a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in 1958, and appeared as a castaway on the [[BBC Radio]] programme ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' on 12 June 1967.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/24127a2c#p009y2rr \|title=Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Xenia Field \|work=[[BBC Online]] \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> She also won the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[The Veitch Memorial Medal\|Veitch Memorial Medal]], in 1972.<ref name="Buczacki" />		She used a bequest from her father to establish a [[charitable trust]], the Field Foundation, under whose auspices she gave financial support to [[The Salvation Army]], persuading them to set up the first bail hostel in Britain, in 1971.<ref name="Buczacki" /> She was made a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in 1958, and appeared as a castaway on the [[BBC Radio]] programme ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' on 12 June 1967.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/24127a2c#p009y2rr \|title=Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Xenia Field \|work=[[BBC Online]] \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> She also won the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[The Veitch Memorial Medal\|Veitch Memorial Medal]], in 1972.<ref name="Buczacki" />

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
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	==Death==		==Death==
	She died at Goldsborough Nursing Home, Ladbroke Road, [[Kensington]], London on 24 January 1998, from a [[stroke]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> She was 103.		She died at Goldsborough Nursing Home, [[Ladbroke Road]], [[Kensington]], London on 24 January 1998, from a [[stroke]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> She was 103.

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'''Xenia Noelle Field''' [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (née '''Lowinsky'''; 25 December 1894 – 24 January 1998) was a British county councillor, prison reformer, philanthropist, [[horticulture|horticulturist]] and author.

==Early life==
Field was born on 25 December 1894 at [[Secunderabad]], India, where her father [[Thomas Hermann Lowinsky]] was general manager of the [[Singareni Collieries Company|Hyderabad (Deccan) Co]] coal mines.<ref name="Buczacki">{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/69295 |title=Oxford DNB article: Field, Xenia Noelle|last=Buczacki |first=Stefan |author-link=Stefan Buczacki |year=2004 |work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |access-date=29 July 2014 }}</ref> On their return to England, the family lived at [[Tittenhurst Park]] in [[Berkshire]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> Field was a pupil at [[Heathfield School, Ascot|Heathfield School]], and then attended [[finishing school]] in [[Paris]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> Her father was a keen gardener, who won a [[Royal Horticultural Society]] gold medal.<ref name="Buczacki" />

==Career==
In [[World War II]], after a stint in the [[Women's Royal Voluntary Service]], she led the [[Women's Organization for Salvage and Recovery]] for [[Herbert Morrison]] of the [[Ministry of Supply]].<ref name="Buczacki" />

With Morrison's support, she was elected as a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] member of [[London County Council]] in 1946, representing [[Paddington North (London County Council constituency)|Paddington North]] electoral division.<ref name="Buczacki" /><ref>{{cite book|title=Achievement: A short History of the London County Council|page=262|author=W Eric Jackson|publisher=[[Longmans]]|year=1965}}</ref> She stood, unsuccessfully, for parliament, first at [[North Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)|North Somerset]] in [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950]] and then at [[Colchester (UK Parliament constituency)|Colchester]] in [[1951 United Kingdom general election|1951]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> She also sat as a [[Magistrates' court (England and Wales)|magistrate]], and became interested in [[prison reform]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> She joined the breakaway [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]] in 1982, shortly after their formation.<ref name="Buczacki" />

She used a bequest from her father to establish a [[charitable trust]], the [[Field Foundation]], under whose auspices she gave financial support to [[The Salvation Army]], persuading them to set up the first bail hostel in Britain, in 1971.<ref name="Buczacki" /> She was made a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in 1958, and appeared as a castaway on the [[BBC Radio]] programme ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' on 12 June 1967.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/24127a2c#p009y2rr |title=Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Xenia Field |work=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> She also won the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[The Veitch Memorial Medal|Veitch Memorial Medal]], in 1972.<ref name="Buczacki" />

==Personal life==
She married Dr. James Field, a much older man, in 1936; he died only five years later.<ref name="Buczacki" />

==Death==
She died at Goldsborough Nursing Home, Ladbroke Road, [[Kensington]], London on 24 January 1998, from a [[stroke]].<ref name="Buczacki" /> She was 103.

== Bibliography ==

* {{cite book |last=Field |first=Xenia |author-mask=0 |title=Window Box Gardening }}
* {{cite book |last=Field |first=Xenia |author-mask=0 |title=Growing Bulbs in the House |year=1954 }}
* {{cite book |last=Field |first=Xenia |author-mask=0 |title=The Housewife Book of House Plants |year=1956 |publisher=The Garden City Press Limited }}
* {{cite book |last=Field |first=Xenia |author-mask=0 |title=Under Lock and Key: a Study of Women in Prison |year=1963 }}
* {{cite book |last=Field |first=Xenia |author-mask=0 |title=Indoor Plants |year=1966 |publisher=Paul Hamlyn Limited }}
* {{cite book |last=Field |first=Xenia |author-mask=0 |title=Colorful World of Roses |year=1969 |publisher=The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited }}
* {{cite book |last=Field |first=Xenia |author-mask=0 |title=Book of Garden Flowers |year=1971 |publisher=The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited }}
* {{cite book |last=Field |first=Xenia |author-mask=0 |title=Gardening From Scratch |year=1973 |publisher=The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited }}
* {{cite book |last=Field |first=Xenia |author-mask=0 |title=Gardening Week by Week |year=1975 |publisher=Crescent Books }}

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