FROST, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; Min. Can. 1635.
Frost, Richard Aylmer, son of Robert Frost, barrister-at-law, and Alexandra, d. of Alexander Rose of Streatham; b. 29 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left July 1924; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1924, BA 1928, MA 1950; Fellow Harvard Univ. 1928; RAFVR (A & SD) in WW2 (Flt Lieut.), MBE Jan. 1944; British Council East Africa, OBE Jan. 1952; DPhil (Oxon.) 1973; author of The British Commonwealth and World Society 1947, Race Against Time 1978, Historic Oxford 1984; m. 1 Sept. 1938 Alice, d. of V. B. Reichwald; d. 5 Mar. 1995.
FROUDE, ASHLEY ANTHONY, only son of James Anthony Froude (qv), and his second wife; b. 28 Jun 1863; adm. ( R) 17 Oct 1876; left May 1881; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1881; BA 1884; Assistant Private Secretary to Sir Robert Herbert, Permanent Under-Secretary, Colonial Office 1886-91; Secretary to Commission of Enquiry into Seal Life in Behring Sea and North Pacific, 24 Jun 1891; attached to Behring Sea Arbitration 1892; CMG 17 Aug 1892; Assistant Private Secretary, Colonial Office 1896; Lieut., RNVR 15 Mar 1915; attached HMS Columbine and HMS Tarlair 1915-9; retd. as acting Cdr., Feb 1919; OBE 10 Jul 1919; DL Devon, JP Devon 1896; m. 19 Jan 1897 Ethel Aubrey, only dau. of Capt. Albert Praed Hallifax, Kingsbridge, Devon; d. 17 Apr 1949.
FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY, brother of William Froude (qv); b. 13 Apr 1818; adm. 15 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); KS 1830; left 1833; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Dec 1835; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1842; BA 1842; MA 1843; Devon Fellow, Exeter Coll. Oxford, 1842 - 27 Feb 1849, when his book Nemesis of Faith was burnt by Dr Sewell in Exeter College Hall; ordained deacon 1844, but availed himself of the provisions of the Clerical Disabilities Relief Act 19 Jul 1872; after his first marriage he devoted himself to historical and literary work; editor, Fraser’s Magazine, 1860-74; sent as Commissioner to Cape of Good Hope to report upon South African confederation 1874-5; Rector of St. Andrew’s Univ., 1868-71, LLD St. Andrew’s 1869; Hon. Fellow, Exeter Coll. Oxford 1882, Oriel Coll. Oxford 1892; Hon. LLD Edinburgh 1884; Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford Univ., from 18 Apr 1892; author, A History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1856-70, and other works; in his Shadows of the Clouds, 1847, Froude tells the melancholy story of Edward Fowler, a Westminster boy, which may contain reminiscences of his own far from happy school career (Paul, Life of Froude, 1905, 10-1); m. 1st, 3 Oct 1849 Charlotte Maria, fifth dau. of Pascoe Grenfell MP, Taplow Court, Bucks.; m. 2nd, 12 Sep 1861 Henrietta Elizabeth, dau. of John Ashley Warre MP, West Cliff House, Ramsgate, Kent; d. 20 Oct 1894. DNB.
FROUDE, WILLIAM, fourth son of Ven. Robert Hurrell Froude, Archdeacon of Totnes and Rector of Dartington, Devon, and Margaret Spedding, Mirehouse; b. 28 Nov 1810; adm. 28 May 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1824; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1828, adm. pens. 16 May 1828, but went to Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1828; 1st cl. Mathematics and 3rd cl. Lit. Hum. 1832; BA 1832; MA 1837; pupil of Henry Robinson Palmer, civil engineer, 1833; joined engineering staff of Isambard Kingdom Brunel on the Bristol and Exeter Railway 1837; while working for Brunel he propounded the “curve of adjustment”; gave up active involvement in civil engineering in mid 1840s, owing to failing health of his father; undertook research into ship design; devised bilge-keels to prevent the rolling of ships; conducted experiments at the Admiralty Experiment Works, Torquay, on the resistance and propulsion of ships; invented a dynamometer to determine the power of large marine engines; MICE 7 Apr 1846, member Council 1877; FRS 2 Jun 1870, Royal Medal 1876; LLD Glasgow 27 Apr 1876; m. 4 May 1839 Catherine Henrietta Easterbrook, youngest dau. of Arthur Howe Holdsworth MP, Widdicombe and Brooke Hill, Devon; d. at Admiralty House, Simonstown, Cape Colony 4 May 1879. DNB.
Frowick, ---; an Usher under Busby for several years ; gave an account of the curriculum and form of exercises at Westminster to the Master, Warden and Fellows of Dulwich Coll. 29 May 1684.
FRY, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jul 1730; in school list 1731.
Fry, Gilbert Herbert, only son of Herbert Thomas Fry, of London, by Caroline Amelia, daughter of Johnston Batchelar, of Brookham, Surrey; b. Feb. 24, 1871; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (H); exhibitioner 1884; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1889, scholar 1890, matric. Oct. 11, 1889; B.A. 1893; M.A. 1898; a chartered accountant; practised in Johannesburg; retired 1933; d. March 2. 3, 1951
FRY, HENRY; b.; adm. 15 Jan 1810.