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.
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.
FRODSHAM, BRIDGE, son of Rev. Robert Frodsham BCL, Vicar of Rostherne, Cheshire, and Catherine ---; bapt. 28 Sep 1733; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1745/6 (Hutton's); KS 1746; ran away from school, but returned and was readm. into College 1748; ran away a second time in 1748, and joined an acting company at Leicester; subsequently joined a company at York, where he became the idol of the local theatre-going public; his Hamlet was considered by Tate Wilkinson as unequalled except by Garrick and Barry; m. Isabella ---, actress; d. 21 Oct 1768. DNB.
FRITH, JAMES, second son of Rev. Edward Cockayne Frith, Bexley, Kent, and his second wife Margaretta, dau. of Rev. James Armetriding, Rector of Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire; b. 18 Apr 1821; adm. 10 Apr 1833 (Scott's); KS 1835; left 1835; went to Winchester Coll., scholar 1836; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1840; BA 1844; MA 1848; ordained deacon 1845, priest 1846 (both Worcester); Curate, Martley, Worcs., 1845-8, Bishop’s Itchington, Warwicks., 1848-50, South Moreton, Bucks., 1852-65, Bisley, Gloucs., 1868-74; Vicar of St. Saviour’s, Coalpit Heath, Bristol 1874-81; Vicar of Alwington, Devon, from 1881; m. 10 May 1849 Eliza Cockayne, second dau. of Rev. William Cockayne Frith DCL, Rector of Wallingford, Berks.; d. 24 Sep 1901.
FREWIN, RICHARD, son of Ralph Frewin, London; b.; adm.; KS 1693; Capt. of the School 1697; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1698, matr. 4 Jul 1698, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1689 - Dec 1709, Tutor 1705-8, Faculty Student 24 Dec 1709 - 24 Mar 1715; BA 1702; MA 22 Mar 1704/5 (incorp. Cambridge 1707); MB 1707; MD 1711; taught chemistry at Christ Church; Camden Professor of Ancient History, Oxford Univ., from 12 Aug 1727; had an excellent reputation as a physician; attended Henry Aldrich (qv) on his death bed, and made a fitting speech at his funeral in Christ Church Cathedral; bequeathed £2000 in trust for those elected from Westminster to Christ Church, and another £2000 in trust for the physicians of the Radcliffe Infirmary, his house at Oxford (now known as Frewin Hall) to the Regius Professor of Medicine, and his books to the Radcliffe Library; m. 1st, Dorothy, widow of Sir Thomas Tyrrell, Bart., Hanslope, Bucks., and dau. of Sir Giles Eyre, Brickworth, Wilts., a Judge of the Court of King’s Bench; m. 2nd, 26 Feb 1726/7 Elizabeth Woodward, a niece of Rev. Joseph Woodward DCL, Rector of Boxford, Berks.; m. 3rd, 4 Mar 1731/2 (IGI) Ellen Graves, widow, dau. of Peter Cranke; d. 29 May 1761. DNB. [Presumably Richard Frewen, son of Ralph Frewen, and Susannah ---, bapt. All Hallows, Honey Lane, London 15 May 1678 (IGI)]
By his will dated 6 Sep 1757 (proved 4 Jul 1761) he devised certain lands and tithes to the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, upon trust after payment of outgoings and of certain expenses in connection with the property, to pay the surplus income to “all those scholars equally share and share alike as shall be yearly chosen at the publick Westminster Election out of St.Peter’s College at Westminster to Christ Church in Oxford”, subject to certain conditions as to forfeiture by non-residence. By the Ordinances attached to the Christ Church (Oxford) Ordinance Act 1867 the income was directed to be applied, with other funds, towards the maintenance of the Westminster Junior Studentships.
According to E,G.W.Bill, op.cit., p.105, n.2, “In 1761 Richard Frewin … bequeathed an estate near Ramsbury, Wilts, for the benefit of the Westminster Students during the period between election and admission. It proved an uncertain source of income and was sold in 1775 for the sum of £2000, which was invested in South Sea Annuities”.
FRENCH, WILLIAM LASSETER, son of William French, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1741; KS 1746; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1751, matr. 5 Jun 1751, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1751 - void by marriage 1 Dec 1768; BA 1755; MA 1758; ordained priest (Oxford) 2 Mar 1760; of Great Stanmore, Middlesex; m. 6 Sep 1768 Lucy, dau. of Rev. Bexworth Liptrott, Curate of Totteridge, Herts.; buried Totteridge, Herts., 29 Jan 1805.
FRENCH, SAVAGE TOWGOOD, eldest son of Savage French, Cuskinny, Queenstown, co. Cork, and Mary, d. of Rev. Thomas Millard [or Millerd ? (check)]; b.; adm. (G) 22 Feb 1788; KS (aged 14) 1791; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 May 1795; BA 1799; MA 1802; adm. Middle Temple 16 Apr 1795, called to bar 11 May 1804; an interesting letter written by him to his sister about the tossing of the Minor Candidates at the election of 1795 is printed in The Elizabethan, xii, 8; m. 2 Sep 1806 Clotilda Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Robert Dring, Rock Grove, co. Cork, Vicar of Carrigtohil, co. Cork; d. 28 Nov 1834.
FRENCH, PINKSTAN ARUNDEL, only son of Hugh French, Rathbone Place, London, “doctor”, and [his first wife ?] Sarah Arundel (IGI); b.; adm. 26 Mar 1773; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1782, matr. 30 May 1782, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1782 - void 29 May 1804, expiry year of grace as V. Odcombe; BA 1786; MA 1789; adm. Inner Temple 19 May 1786, called to bar 26 Jun 1789; subsequently ordained; Perpetual Curate of Hawkhurst, Kent 1797- Mar 1803; Rector of Odcombe, Somerset, from 21 May 1803; Rector of Thorne Falcon, Somerset, from 27 Mar 1821; m. 12 Aug 1806 Susanna Smith (IGI), Sydenham, Kent; d. 12 Apr 1836.
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, 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.