FREMANTLE, WILLIAM ROBERT, youngest son of Vice-Adm. Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle GCB, and Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Wynne, Falkingham, Lincs.; b. 30 Aug 1807; adm. (G) 18 May 1818; Min. Can. 1821; left Bartholomewtide 1825; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1825, Fell exhibitioner 1826; steered Oxford eight in first race against Cambridge 1829; BA 1829; MA 1832; BD and DD 1876; Fellow, Magdalen Coll. 25 Jul 1831-5; ordained deacon 1833, priest 1834; Curate, Swanbourne, Bucks.; Rector of Pitchcott, Bucks.; Vicar of Steeple Claydon, Bucks., 1841-68; Rector of Middle and East Claydon, Bucks., 1841-76; Hon. Canon, Christ Church, Oxford 1869-76; Dean of Ripon from 9 May 1876; a leading member of the Evangelical wing of the Church of England; founder of the Navvy Mission; author, Memoirs of the Rev. Spencer Thornton, 1850, and other works; m. 1st, 4 Nov 1835 Emily Caroline, second dau. of Gen. Sir Harry Calvert, Bart., GCB GCH; 2nd, 9 Oct 1879 Caroline, third dau. of Hon. Alexander Leslie-Melville; d. 8 Mar 1895.
FRENCH, ---; b.; at school 1659-63 (Busby’s Account Book).
FRENCH, ----; b.; in under school list 1730.
FRENCH, ANTHONY; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1633; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1637, adm. pens. 24 May 1637, scholar 1638; buried St. Michael’s, Cambridge 16 May 1639.
FRENCH, ARTHUR; b.; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1729; left 1732. [Evidently brother or close kin to John French, adm. same month, qv].
FRENCH, GEERING, son of William French, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1715/6; Min. Can. 1720; KS 1721; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1725, matr. 2 Jun 1725, but never admitted as a Westminster Student.
FRENCH, JAMES MURPHY; son of Richard Murphy, merchant, co. Roscommon, Ireland and Jane French; b. St. George's Quay, Dublin, Sept. 1725; adm. (aged 10) Mar 1736/7; left 1740; Middle Temple; playwright The Brothers and The Conjuror, or, The Enchanted Garden; d. 1759.
FRENCH, JAMES; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Mar 1736/7; left 1740.
FRENCH, JOHN ISMAY, son of Joseph French, Stockwell Hall, Essex; b. 16 Feb 1825; adm. 22 Jan 1840; left Dec 1843; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Apr 1844, matr. Mich. 1844; BA 1852; MA 1856; of New Lodge. Great Burstead, Essex; d. 12 Jan 1893.