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.

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.

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, 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, ROBERT, eldest son of William Freind (KS 1727, qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Oct 1750 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Jul 1756, aged 16, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1756-67, Tutor 1764, Faculty Student 28 Mar 1767 - void by marriage 22 Jun 1776; BA 1760; MA 1763; adm. Inner Temple 2 Feb 1767, called to bar 23 Nov 1770; of Hitcham House, Bucks.; m.; d. 23 Jan 1780.

FREIND, ROBERT, eldest son of William Freind (elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1656, qv); b.; adm.; KS 1680; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1686, matr. 17 Dec 1686, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1686 - void 1701 (expiry year of grace as R. Turvey), Tutor 1693-9, Junior Censor 1698; BA 1690; MA 1693; BD and DD 1709; Under Master, Westminster School 1699-1711, Head Master 9 Aug 1711 - May 1733; ordained; Rector of Turvey, Beds., Mar 1699/1700 - res 1705; Prebendary of Exeter 17 Jan 1705/6 –16 [check]; Rector of Witney, Oxfordshire 1710/1 - 26 Mar 1739; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (Chamberlayne 1716); Canon of Windsor 29 Apr 1729-37; Prebendary of Westminster 8 May 1731 - res Oct 1744; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 29 Mar 1737; Busby Trustee from 8 Mar 1711/2; assisted Boyle in his attack on Bentley; wrote Latin verses, epitaphs and a translation of Cicero’s De Oratore, 1724; he and George Smalridge (KS 1678, qv) married sisters; m. 21 May 1713 Jane, dau. of Rev. Samuel De L’Angle DD, Prebendary of Westminster and Rector of Steventon, Berks.; d. 9 Aug 1751. DNB.

FREIND, JOHN, son of John Freind (KS 1691, qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1727; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1731 (by mandate from Queen Caroline, out of respect for his father’s memory), matr. 22 Jun 1731, Westminster Student 12 Feb 1732 - resigned 13 Jan 1737; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Jun 1731; of Hitcham, Bucks.; m. Elizabeth, sister of Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode (qv); buried Hitcham, Bucks., 3 Aug 1750.

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.

Freeston, Charles Garner, brother of Bernard Dunkerley Freeston (q.v.); b. Aug. 23, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (R); left July 1914; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Michaelmas 1915); joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. Aug. 1, 1915; 2nd Lieut. 2nd South Midland Brigade R.F.A. Nov. 3, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served in France; an area secretary of Toc H; m. Feb. 15, 1934, Rhona Margaret, daughter of Frank Brookhouse Dunkerley, of Bowdon, Cheshire.