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FREELING—FREER—FREESE—FREESTUN—FREMANTLE.
FREELING, Bart. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Sir Francis Freeling was born 11 Dec. 1816, and died 14 Sept. 1845. He was eldest son, by Jane, daughter of Robert Lang, Esq., of Moor Park, co. Surrey, of the late Sir Geo. Henry Freeling, a Commissioner of the Customs, whom he succeeded as third Baronet in Nov. 1841.
This officer entered the Navy 22 June, 1831; passed his examination 6 Jan. 1836; and at the period of his promotion, which took place 10 Feb. 1842, was serving in the Mediterranean, as Mate, on board the Howe 120, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Mason. He was afterwards appointed – 16 April, 1842, to the Talbot 26, Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, on the South American station – and, 28 Oct. 1843, to the Formidable 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean. He returned to England in 1844, and remained thenceforward on half-pay.. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
FREER. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 18; h-p., 22.)
Thomas Freer entered the Navy, 24 Aug. 1807, as Ordinary, on board the Wrangler gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander J. B. Pelter, employed in the North Sea and Baltic; on which stations he served as Midshipman, from Sept. 1809, to June, 1814, in the Nymphen 36, Capts. Keith Maxwell and John Hancock, Dictator 64, Capt. Robt. Williams, and Gloucester 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier. During the next two years and a half he appears to have been employed on Lake Ontario under Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo and Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He afterwards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 19 July, 1821, served, as Admiralty Midshipman and Acting-Master, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, in the Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, and Spey 20, commanded by various officers. He became First-Lieutenant, 19 Sept. 1843, of the Hydra steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young, on the coast of Africa, and, on 7 Sept. 1844, joined the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, on the same station. Mr. Freer, since 10 March, 1845, has been employed as Admiralty Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
FREESE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Auchmuty Tylden Freese entered the Navy 19 Sept. 1830; passed his examination 5 April, 1837; and for his services on the coast of China, wherehe served, as Mate, on board the Hon. E.I.C.’s steamer Nemesis, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Hutcheon Hall, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842.[1] His next appointments, we find, were – 12 July, 1843, to the Conway 26, Capt. Robt. Fair, at the Cape of Good Hope – and, 9 Sept. 1844, to the Osprey 12, Capt. Fred. Patten, under whom he was wrecked off New Zealand in 1846.. Since 1 March, 1847, this officer has had charge of a station in the Coast Guard. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
FREESTUN. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
Humphrey May Freestun entered the Navy, in June, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Maria, Lieut.-Commander Joseph Whitby, on the Irish station; and (with the intervention of a few months in 1809-10, when he appears to have acted as Lieutenant of the Lyra 10, and Armide 38, Capts. Robt. Southey, Robt. Bloye, and Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman) served as Midshipman, from May, 1804, to Sept. 1810, In the Révolutionnaire 38, and Defiance 74, both commanded by Hon. Henry Hotham. During that period he shared, in the Révolutionnaire, in Sir Rich. Strachan’s action 4 Nov. 1805; was on board the Defiance when that ship, besides being much cut up in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25 wounded, at the destruction of three French frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne, 24 Feb. 1809; and assisted, in the Lyra, at the destruction of an armed vessel and convoy under the batteries of Quiberon. While subsequently attached to the Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon. Robt. Stopford, Mr. Freestun served on shore at the storming of Fort Cornelia and the reduction of Java in Aug. 1811. He then became Acting-Lieutenant of the Harpy 18, Capts. Henderson Bain and Sam. Hore; and from that vessel, to which he was confirmed 2 Jan. 1812, he subsequently removed to the Lion 64, flag-ship at the Cape of Rear-Admirals Hon. R. Stopford and Chas. Tyler. Invaliding home in June, 1813, he was next appointed, 15 April, 1815, to the Dee 24, Capt. John Wm. Andrew, with whom he made a voyage to Hudson’s Bay. Lieut. Freestun has been on half-pay since 28 Feb. 1816. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
FREMANTLE. (Captain, 1826. f-p., 20; h-p., 15.)
Charles Howe Fremantle, born 1 June, 180 is second son of Vice-Admiral the late Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle, G.C.B.,[2] by Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Rich. Wynne, Esq., of Falkingham, co. Lincoln; brother of the present Sir T. F. Fremantle, Bart., and of Capt. S. G. Fremantle, R.N.; brother-in-law of Lord Wm. Hervey, second son of the Marquess of Bristol; nephew of Colonel John Edwards Fremantle, of the Coldstream Guards, who died in 1798 – of Colonel Stephen Fras. Wm. Fremantle, who died in 1794 – of the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Henry Fremantle, K.G.H., Treasurer of the Household, and Ranger of Windsor Great Park – and of the late Vice-Admiral Wells; and uncle of the present Sir Jas. Geo. Fitzgerald, Bart., of Castle Ishen, co. Cork.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Dec. 1812, as Midshipman, on board the Ramillies 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Sir Chas. Ogle; under the first of whom he served at the blockade of New London, assisted in occupying the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, witnessed the bombardment of Stonington, and joined in the attack on New Orleans. In the course of 1815 he became successively attached to the Wye 24, bearing his father’s flag off Jersey, Challenger 16, Capt. Henry Forbes, and Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas. On 4 Nov. 1818 Mr. Fremantle rejoined his father, whose flag was then flying in the Mediterranean on board the Rochfort 80. In that ship, of which he was confirmed a Lieutenant 11 Nov. 1819, he continued, we believe, to serve, latterly as Signal officer to Sir Graham Moore, until advanced to the rank of Commander, 23 April, 1822. He was afterwards employed in the Coast-Guard service at Lymington, but resigned that appointment on being invested with the command, 24 June, 1824, of the Jasper 10, in which sloop he visited Mexico. Acquiring his present rank, 4 Aug. 1826, Capt. Fremantle was next selected to command, 5 Nov. 1828, the Challenger 28, first at the Cape of Good Hope, and then in the East Indies, whence he returned to England and was paid off 12 June, 1833. Since 20 May, 1843, he has been employed as Captain of the Inconstant 36, in the Mediterranean.
He married, 8 Oct. 1836, Isabella, daughter of David Lyon, Esq., and relict of Jas. Wedderburn, Esq., of Portland Place. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
FREMANTLE. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 15; h-p., 9.)
Stephen Grenville Fremantle, born 30 Aug. 1810, is youngest brother of Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, R.N.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3821.
- ↑ Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle, G.G.B., K.M.T., K.S.F., and a Baron of the Austrian Empire, distinguished himself aa Captain of the Inconstant 36, in Hotham’s action, 14 March, 1795; was wounded while in command of the Seahorse 38, at Teneriffe, 24 July, 1797; afterwards commanded the Ganges 74, and Neptune 98, in the battles of Copenhagen and Trafalgar, and, with his flag on board the Milford 74, conducted the Naval operations at the redaction of Trieste in Oct. 1812. He died Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, 19 Dec. 1819.
