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, 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, son of Robert Freind (KS 1680, qv); bapt. Westminster Abbey 10 Mar 1714/5; in under school list 1722; KS (Capt. ) 1727, aged 12; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1731, matr. 22 Jun 1731, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1731 - void by marriage 28 Jun 1739; BA 1735; MA 1738; BD and DD 1748; ordained; Rector of Witney, Oxfordshire, 4 Apr 1739; Prebendary of Westminster 17 Oct 1744 - 20 May 1756; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II 1744 - c. 1760; Rector of Islip, Oxfordshire 18 Feb 1747/8; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 15 May 1756 - Jun 1760; Dean of Canterbury from 14 Jun 1760; Prolocutor, Lower House of Convocation 1761; m. Apr 1739 Grace, sister of Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby (qv); d. 26 Nov 1766. DNB.
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, 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, 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, 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, SAMPSON TOWGOOD WYNNE, eldest son of Savage Towgood French (qv); b. 19 Jul 1807; adm. (G) 3 Jun 1822; left Bartholomewtide 1825; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 10 Feb 1826; adm. King’s Inns 1830; JP co. Cork; m. 12 Sep 1827 Phoebe Maria, youngest dau. of Samuel Perry, Woodroff, co. Tipperary; d. 12 Nov 1878.