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FREIND, WILLIAM, of Westminster; b. 3 Aug 1634; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1656, matr. 18 Mar 1656/7, Westminster Student; BA 17 Jan 1659/60; MA 1662 (incorp. Cambridge 1664); ordained; Rector of Croughton, Northants., from 21 Jul 1663; m. Anne, dau. of Francis Smith, Worcestershire; d. 20 Sep 1689.

FREIND, WILLIAM, second son of William Freind (elected to Oxford 1656, qv); b. 1669; adm.; KS 1683; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1687, matr. 15 Jul 1687, Westminster Student 19 Dec 1687 - void 1706; BA 1691; MA 1694 (incorp. Cambridge 1714); Proctor 1698; ordained; Rector of Turvey, Beds., from 1704/5; Rector of Woodford, Northants. (southern mediety), from 21 Feb 1710/1; won a great lottery prize at some date before May 1730, but squandered all his money and “would have died a prisoner in the Fleet” if Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham (qv), when First Lord of the Admiralty, “had not made him chaplain to a ship of one hundred guns” (Bishop Newton’s Works, 1787, I, 168); author, The Christian Minister; m. 18 Nov 1706 (IGI) Bridget, dau. of Rev. William Glover, Vicar of Burnham, Bucks.; d. 15 Apr 1745. DNB.

FREIND, WILLIAM, only son of William Maximilian Freind (qv); b.; adm. Jul 1790; in school lists 1795, 1797; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1797, aged 15, Canoneer Student from 23 Dec 1799; d. unm. 25 Dec 1800.

Freke, John Henry, son of Cecil George Freke CIE, Indian Civil Service, of Radlett, Herts, and Judith Mary Marston; b. 2 May 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (G); left July 1940; at Rugby Sch. 1940-3; St John’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1943, BA 1948, MA 1950; 2nd Lieut. RE May 1945; a chartered accountant, ACA 1952; emigrated to Canada; m. 1st, Sheila Vivian Read; m. 2nd, Kate Emily Nelson; d. at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 13 June 2010.

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].