Chateaux of La Feld, in Alsace (extensive ruins still remain). Hubertus De La Feld from Alsace-Lorraine near Colmar, was the first of the family that emigrated to England. Because of his service in Hastings during the 1066 invasion of England, Hubertus De La Feld received large grants of land from William the Conqueror and settled near Halifax. In England, the family rose in stature when John Delafield distinguished himself in the imperial service against the Turks: having taken a standard from the enemy at the Battle of Zenta in Hungary was in 1697 created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Leopold I. See also Pathology List of pathologists References Further reading Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry, by John O'Hart Reflections, by Edward V.R Spurgeon, 2001 The Delafields and Delafield Island, by Robert W. Baylis, 1981 Encyclopedia of Heraldry or General Armor, Edition of 1844 by John Burke A Genealogical & Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage & Baronetage of the British Empire, 1853 External links 1841 births 1915 deaths American science writers Yale College alumni Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni Columbia Medical School faculty American pathologists Cornell family People included in New York Society's Four Hundred Scientists from New York (state) People from Manhattan Delafield family