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FREDERICK, SIR JOHN, BART., brother of Thomas Frederick (qv); b. 28 Nov 1708; adm. Jan 1718/9; left 1720; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Mar 1724/5; adm. Middle Temple 1 Feb 1728/9; Grand Tour (France, Italy, Near East) 1737-9; MP Shoreham 24 Nov 1740-1, West Looe 10 Dec 1743-61; a Commissioner of Customs 13 Mar 1761 - Mar 1782; succ. cousin as 4th baronet 16 Dec 1770; member Society of Dilettanti 1741/2; m. 22 Oct 1741 Susannah, dau. of Sir Roger Hudson, Kt, Sunbury, Middlesex; d. 9 Apr 1783.

FREDERICK, SIR JOHN, BART., second son of Sir John Frederick, Bart. (qv); b. 18 Mar 1749/50; adm.; left Jun 1765; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Apr 1767; MP Newport (Cornwall) 30 Dec 1774-80, Christchurch 29 Jan 1781-90, Surrey 7 Nov 1794-1807; succ. father as 5th baronet 9 Apr 1783; of Burwood Park, Walton on Thames, Surrey; m. 15 Oct 1778 Mary, third dau. of Richard Garth, Morden, Surrey; d. 16 Jan 1825.

FREDERICK, THOMAS, eldest son of Sir Thomas Frederick, EICS Madras, Governor of Fort St. David, India, and subsequently a Director of the South Sea Company, and Ann, dau. of William Moncrieff; b. 25 Oct 1707; adm. Jan 1718/9; left 1720; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Mar 1724/5; MP Shoreham from 1734; d. unm. 24 Aug 1740.

Freeman, John Horace, son of Horace Freeman, barrister-at-law, and Beatrice Mary, d. of Albert Craddock, merchant; b. 19 Feb. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (B), non-res. KS 1929; left July 1933; BNC Oxf., matric. 1933, BA 1937, MA 1967, hon. Fellow 1967; an advertising copywriter and dir. Ashley Courtenay Ltd 1937-40; Coldstream Guards 1940-5 (Maj.); served Middle East, N. Africa, Italy and NW Europe; MBE (Mil.) Nov. 1943, Croix de Guerre 1944; MP (Lab.) Watford 1945-55; PPS to Sec. of State for War 1945-6; Financial Sec. War Office 1946, Parly Under Sec. of State 1947; Parly Sec. Min. of Supply 1947-51; a journalist and broadcaste 1951-65; asst Editor New Statesman 1951-58, dep. Editor 1958-60, Editor 1961-5; HM Diplo­matic Service 1965-71; British High Commissioner to India 1965-8; PC 1966; HM Ambassa­dor to USA 1969-71; chairman LWT 1971-84, LWT (Holdings) plc and subsidiaries including Hutchinson Ltd, publishers, 1976-84; chairman ITN 1976-81; governor Brit. Film Inst. 1976- 82, chairman 1976-8; trustee Reuters 1984-8; visiting Prof. of lnternational Relations Univ. of California, Davis, USA, 1985-; m. 1st 6 Aug. 1938 Elizabeth Allen, d. of Douglas Johnston of Woking; 2nd 1948 Margaret Ista Mabel Abbott; 3rd 1962 Catherine, d. of Harold Dove Carroll; 4th 1976 Judith, d. of Denis Holden Mitchell, film producer; d. 20 Dec. 2014.

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.

FULLER, AUGUSTUS ELIOTT, eldest son of John Trayton Fuller, Ashdown Park, Sussex, and his second wife Hon. Anne Eliott, only dau. of George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield KB, Lieut. -Gen. in the Army and Governor of Gibraltar; b. 7 May 1777; in school list 1795 and sixth form list 1796; St. John’s Coll. Camb., adm. fellow commoner 2 May 1796; MP (Conservative) East Sussex 1841-57; of Rosehill, Brightling, and of Ashdown Park, Sussex; DL JP Sussex; m. 5 Sep 1801 Clara, eldest dau. of Owen Putland Meyrick (qv); d. 5 Aug 1857.

FYNES-CLINTON, HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Charles Fynes (afterwards Fynes-Clinton) DCL, Prebendary of Westminster and Perpetual Curate of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Emma, dau. of Job Brough, Newark, Notts.; b. 14 Jan 1781; at Southwell GS 1789-96; adm. Sep 1796; in school list 1797; left Easter 1799; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Apr 1799, Canoneer Student 24 Dec 1802 - void by marriage 22 Jun 1809; BA 1803; MA 1805; private tutor at Oxford to Earl Gower, afterwards 2nd Duke of Sutherland, 1803-6; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 19 Nov 1808; MP Aldborough 1806-26; assumed additional surname of Clinton 26 Apr 1821; an indefatigable classical student; an unsuccessful candidate for position of Principal Librarian of the British Museum Dec 1827; author, Fasti Hellenici, 1824-34, and other works; in his Literary Remains, published in 1854, mention is made of several of his school contemporaries, particularly those who were afterwards with him at Oxford; m. 1st, 22 Jun 1809 Harriott, eldest dau. of Rev. Charles Wylde DD, Prebendary of Southwell and Rector of St. Nicholas, Nottingham; m. 2nd, 6 Jan 1812 Katharine, third dau. of Right Rev. Henry William Majendie DD, Bishop of Bangor; d. 24 Oct 1852. DNB.

GAGE, HENRY, 3RD VISCOUNT GAGE (I), eldest son of Hon. Thomas Gage (qv); b. 4 Mar 1761; adm. 19 Jan 1770; Lieut., 7th Foot 25 Mar 1777; Capt., 26th Foot 24 Apr 1779; Maj., 93rd Foot 17 Feb 1783; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 1 Mar 1794; Col., 1 Jan 1798; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1805; MP Warwick 1790 - 11 Oct 1791; succ. uncle as 3rd Viscount Gage (I) 11 Oct 1791; m. 12 Jan 1789 his cousin Susannah Maria, only dau. of Lieut. -Gen. William Skinner; d. 29 Jan 1808.

GAGE, WILLIAM HALL, 2ND VISCOUNT GAGE (I), son of Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage (I) MP FRS, and his first wife Benedicta Maria Theresa, only dau. of Henry Benedict Hall, High Meadow, Gloucs.; b. 1 Jan 1718; adm. Jan 1727/8; left 1735; Grand Tour (Italy) 1739-40; Equerry to Frederick, Prince of Wales 29 Oct 1742-51; MP Seaford 9 May 1744-7, 1754-80; succ. father as 2nd Viscount Gage (I) 21 Dec 1754; Paymaster of the Pensions 22 Dec 1755 – Jun 1763, 27 Jul 1765 - Mar 1782 (when post was abolished); created Baron Gage (GB) 17 Oct 1780 and, with remainder, 1 Nov 1790; member Society of Dilettanti 1740/1; m. 3 Feb 1757 Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Gideon, Stepney, Middlesex, financier, and sister of Sampson Gideon, 1st Baron Eardley (I); d. 11 Oct 1791.

GARTHSHORE, WILLIAM, third son of Maxwell Garthshore MD LRCP FRS FSA, medical practitioner, London, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of William Blair McGuffoch, Ruscoe, Kirkcudbrightshire; b. 28 Oct 1764; adm. 13 Jan 1777; KS 1778; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1782, matr. 30 May 1782, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1782 - Feb 1794, Faculty Student 6 Feb - 5 Jun 1794; BA 1786; MA 1789; travelling tutor to Earl of Dalkeith 1790-2; private secretary to Right Hon. Henry Dundas MP, Secretary for War and the Colonies, Jul 1794 - Jul 1797; MP Launceston 9 Jan 1795-6, Weymouth from 1796; a Lord of the Admiralty 1801-4; FRS 23 Mar 1775 [check, date obviously wrong]; m. 24 May 1794 Sarah Jane, second dau. of John Chalié, Bedford Street, London, wine merchant; d. 5 Apr 1806. DNB (s. v. father).