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, SAVAGE, eldest son of Sampson Twogood Wynne French (qv); b. 25 Jun 1840; adm. (G) Jun 1854; left (with Triplett) Whitsun 1859; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1859; BA 1863; of Cuskinny, Queenstown, co. Cork; DL co. Cork, JP co. Cork 1879; m. Apr 1869 Fanny, dau. of George Gough, Rathronan, co. Tipperary; d. 18 Sep 1922.
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.
Frere, Philip Beaumont, only son of Eustace Corrie Frere (q.v.); b. July 11, 1897; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (R); left July 1914; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. Aug. 4, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 8th (Service) Batt. East Surrey Regt. Sept. 12, 1914; Lieut. Dec. 8, 1914; Staff Lieut. (2nd class) March 12, 1916; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. 60th Rifles July 11, 1916; Adjutant and acting Capt.; Lieut. Feb. 4, 1918; mentioned in despatches L.G. Dec. 21, 1917; M.C. July 26, 1918; adm. a solicitor; m. 1st April 29, 1922, Jean Winifred Mary, younger daughter of Hugh James Elibank Scott-MakdougalI, of Makerstoun, Kelso; 2nd July 10, 1944, Victoria Mary Enid Ann, Lady Glanusk, only daughter of Col. Frank Dugdale, C.V.O., Equerry to Queen Mary; d. 6 Dec. 1981.
Freshwater, John Douglas Hope, son of John Freshwater, of Hampstead, by Charlotte Blanche, daughter of Henry Hope; b. Nov. 15, 1876; adm. Jan. 15, 1891 (R); left July 1893; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 1, 1895); B.A. 1899; M.A. 1902; M.B. and B. Ch. 1903; M. D. 1910; a student at St. George's Hospital, where he obtained an entrance scholarship, and afterwards at Berlin, Paris, and Aix-la-Chapelle; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1903; consulting physician to the Westem Skin Hospital; in practice in London; M.R.C.P. 1923; author of medical works; m. April 10, 1912, Ida Mary, daughter of Ralph R. R. Landale, of Darjeeling, India; d. Feb. 14, 1945.
FREWIN, PETER, son of Richard Frewin (qv), and his third wife; bapt. 26 Dec 1735; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1745 (Watts'); left 1747; d. 20 Feb 1748.
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”.
Friedberger, John Canteron, son of Capt. William Sigismund Friedberger, Royal Fusiliers, by Ethel May, daughter of Henry Stevens, of Finchley, solicitor; b. June 10, 1899; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 25, 1913 (H); non-resident K.S. 1914; left Dec. 1916; 2nd Lieut. R.A. Jan. 25, 1918; Lieut. July 25, 1919, acting Capt. Jan. 16 - Oct. 8, 1919; served in France and Belgium Aug. 30 - Nov. 11, 1918; was wounded; Capt. R.H.A. Jan. 25, 1931; Brevet Major Jan. 1, 1936; Major Aug. 1, 1938; Lieut.-Col. Aug. 1, 1945; Brigadier 1942; Commander R. A. 53rd (Welsh) Div. 1942-5, 76th A. A. Bde. 1945-6, 98th AGRA (AA) (T. A. J 1947-8; Solent Garrison 1949; retired May 14, 1951; D.S.O. (N. W. Europe) Feb. 1, 1945; Bursar of Portsmouth Grammar School 1951-61; member of British Show Jumping Teams at Dublin 1937 and 1938, London 1938 and Nice and Rome 1939; m. Oct. 19, 1932, Phyllis Grace, daughter of Sir Percy Daniels, K.B.E., of Mayfair.
Frith, Herbert Philip, only son of Edward Philip Frith, of Notting Hill, and grandson of William Powell Frith, R. A., C. V. O.; b. Jan. 21, 1890; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left Easter 1907; Asst. District Officer at Lokoya, Nigeria, West Africa; was attached to the West African Frontier Force on the outbreak of Great War I; d. Nov. 16, 1914, from wounds received in action at Lokoya.
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.