Freshfield (surname)

Freshfield is an English surname, notably of the family that founded the law firm Freshfields. The name is not derived from Freshfield, a suburb of Formby, Merseyside, which was named in the mid-nineteenth century. People with the surname Freshfield include:

• Charles Freshfield (1808–1891), British lawyer and Member of Parliament
• Douglas Freshfield (1845–1934), British lawyer, mountaineer and author, son of Henry Ray and Jane
• Henry Ray Freshfield (1814–1895), British lawyer and conservationist, husband of Jane, father of Douglas
• James William Freshfield (1774–1864), British lawyer and Member of Parliament
• Jane Freshfield (1814–1901), English climber and travel writer, wife of Henry Ray, mother of Douglas