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FREER, RICHARD LANE, brother of John Lane Freer (qv); b. 10 Feb 1806; adm. 14 Jan 1819 (Packharness'); left Dec 1823; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Apr 1824; BA 1828; MA 1830; BD 1839; DD 1858; ordained deacon 1830, priest 1831 (both Worcester); Curate, Congleton, Cheshire, 1830, afterwards of Handsworth, Staffs.; Rector of Bishopstone and Vicar of Hazor, Herefs., from 23 Mar 1839; Vicar of Mansel Lacy, Herefs., 17 Feb 1840 - res Aug 1853; Prebendary of Hereford from 21 Jun 1847; Archdeacon of Hereford from Apr 1852; Praelector, Hereford Cathedral, from 1861; JP Herefordshire; m. 16 May 1848 his cousin Harriet, dau. of Rev. John Clutton DD, Canon of Hereford; d. 11 Aug 1863.

Freeston, Bernard Dunkerley, son of Rev. Frank K. Freeston, of Kensington; by Maude Mary, daughter of Charles Chalton Dunkerley, of Bowdon, Cheshire; b. May 14, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (R); left Easter 1913; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1913; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. Berks Battery R. H. A. Aug. 20, 1915; was on the News Executive of the B.B.C.; m. June 18, 1919, Beatrice Kimber, daughter of Frank Kimber Bull, of Limpsfield, Surrey; d. 2 Nov. 1969.

Freeston, Charles Garner, brother of Bernard Dunkerley Freeston (q.v.); b. Aug. 23, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (R); left July 1914; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Michaelmas 1915); joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. Aug. 1, 1915; 2nd Lieut. 2nd South Midland Brigade R.F.A. Nov. 3, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served in France; an area secretary of Toc H; m. Feb. 15, 1934, Rhona Margaret, daughter of Frank Brookhouse Dunkerley, of Bowdon, Cheshire.

FREIND, ------; b. ; adm. ; in under school list 1722.

FREIND, CHARLES; son of Robert Freind (KS 1680, qv); b. 1720; in school lists 1729, 1731, 1732/3; d. 16 Jul 1736, in 16th year.

FREIND, JOHN, third son of William Freind (elected to Oxford 1656, qv); b.; adm.; KS 1691; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1694, matr. 7 Jul 1694, aged 17, Westminster Student 29 Dec 1694- Apr 1708, Faculty Student 19 Apr 1708 - void on marriage Dec 1709, Tutor 1700-4; BA 1698; MA 1701; MB 1703; MD (by diploma) 12 Jun 1707; delivered a course of lectures on chemistry at Ashmolean Museum 1704; Physician to Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough (qv) when commanding English forces in Spain 1705; travelling in Italy 1706-7; accompanied Duke of Ormonde to Flanders as his physician 1712; Physician-General to Army (Ireland) 1713; MRCP 1713, FRCP 1716, Gulstonian Lecturer 1718, Harveian Orator 1720; MP Launceston 1722 - 17 Mar 1723/4, 29 Mar 1725-7; implicated with Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv) in plot for Jacobite restoration, and committed to Tower of London on charge of high treason Mar 1722/3, but released after three months’ imprisonment; Physician to Queen Caroline from 25 Oct 1727; FRS 20 Mar 1711/2; author, The History of Physick, 1725-6, and of other publications; gave £50 towards the building of College Dormitory; m. 3 Dec 1709 Anne, sister of William Morice (qv); d. 26 Jul 1728. Monument in South Aisle, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

FREIND, JOHN, son of John Freind (KS 1691, qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1727; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1731 (by mandate from Queen Caroline, out of respect for his father’s memory), matr. 22 Jun 1731, Westminster Student 12 Feb 1732 - resigned 13 Jan 1737; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Jun 1731; of Hitcham, Bucks.; m. Elizabeth, sister of Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode (qv); buried Hitcham, Bucks., 3 Aug 1750.

FREIND, ROBERT, eldest son of William Freind (elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1656, qv); b.; adm.; KS 1680; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1686, matr. 17 Dec 1686, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1686 - void 1701 (expiry year of grace as R. Turvey), Tutor 1693-9, Junior Censor 1698; BA 1690; MA 1693; BD and DD 1709; Under Master, Westminster School 1699-1711, Head Master 9 Aug 1711 - May 1733; ordained; Rector of Turvey, Beds., Mar 1699/1700 - res 1705; Prebendary of Exeter 17 Jan 1705/6 –16 [check]; Rector of Witney, Oxfordshire 1710/1 - 26 Mar 1739; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (Chamberlayne 1716); Canon of Windsor 29 Apr 1729-37; Prebendary of Westminster 8 May 1731 - res Oct 1744; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 29 Mar 1737; Busby Trustee from 8 Mar 1711/2; assisted Boyle in his attack on Bentley; wrote Latin verses, epitaphs and a translation of Cicero’s De Oratore, 1724; he and George Smalridge (KS 1678, qv) married sisters; m. 21 May 1713 Jane, dau. of Rev. Samuel De L’Angle DD, Prebendary of Westminster and Rector of Steventon, Berks.; d. 9 Aug 1751. DNB.