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.
Fry, Reginald Witherby, son of Oliver Armstrong Fry, of Maida Vale, London, barrister-atlaw, by Annie Zetterquist, youngest daughter of the Rev. George Crabbe Rolfe, Vicar of Hailey-cum-Crawley, co. Oxon.; b. July 25, 1885; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (A); left July 1902; a theatrical manager; m. June 1914, Edwyth, daughter of William Russell, of Hemel Hempstead, Herts.; d. 1965.
FRYE, SAMUEL, son of Col. John Frye, Antigua, West Indies, and Henrietta, dau. of Philip Warner, Governor of Antigua; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1719/20; in under school list 1722; merchant, Mark Lane, London; buried St. Olave, Hart Street, London 1769 (will proved PCC 29 Mar 1770).
FRYE, WILLIAM, son of Col. John Frye, Antigua, West Indies, and his second wife Frances ---; half-brother of Samuel Frye (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Aug 1724 (as Fry, but as Frye in school lists 1727, 1728); left 1728; of Beddington, Surrey; d. 4 Feb 1795, aged 80.
FRYER, CORNELIUS; b.; at school under Smith (based on note of his presence at OWW dinner at Calcutta in 1783, Memoirs of William Hickey, iii, 245-6, which is however the only evidence for his having been at the School); Writer, EICS Bengal; arrived in India 12 Nov 1779; Register to Dewannee Adawlut, Massay 1782; Junior Merchant, 1788; First Assistant to Collector and Register of Adawlut, Kamghur; Senior Merchant, 1791; Collector of Chittagong 1 May 1793, Birbhum 9 Oct 1793; Judge and Magistrate, Kamghur 1801; at home in 1803; d. at Bath 13 Oct 1837, aged 74].