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FREELING—FREER—FREESE—FREESTUN—FREMANTLE. FREELING, Bart. 

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 120, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Mason. He was afterwards appointed – 16 April, 1842, to the 26, Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, on the South American station – and, 28 Oct. 1843, to the 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.. – Messrs. Chard.

 FREER. 

entered the Navy, 24 Aug. 1807, as Ordinary, on board the 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  36, Capts. Keith Maxwell and John Hancock, 64, Capt. Robt. Williams, and 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 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, and 20, commanded by various officers. He became First-Lieutenant, 19 Sept. 1843, of the steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young, on the coast of Africa, and, on 7 Sept. 1844, joined the  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. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 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, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Hutcheon Hall, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842. His next appointments, we find, were – 12 July, 1843, to the 26, Capt. Robt. Fair, at the Cape of Good Hope – and, 9 Sept. 1844, to the 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. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 FREESTUN. 

entered the Navy, in June, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the, 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 10, and  38, Capts. Robt. Southey, Robt. Bloye, and Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman) served as Midshipman, from May, 1804, to Sept. 1810, In the  38, and  74, both commanded by Hon. Henry Hotham. During that period he shared, in the, in Sir Rich. Strachan’s action 4 Nov. 1805; was on board the 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 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 18, Capts. Henderson Bain and Sam. Hore; and from that vessel, to which he was confirmed 2 Jan. 1812, he subsequently removed to the 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 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. – Messrs. Halford and Co.

 FREMANTLE. 

, born 1 June, 180 is second son of Vice-Admiral the late Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle, G.C.B., 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 ; 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 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 24, bearing his father’s flag off Jersey,  16, Capt. Henry Forbes, and  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 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 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 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 36, in the Mediterranean.

He married, 8 Oct. 1836, Isabella, daughter of David Lyon, Esq., and relict of Jas. Wedderburn, Esq., of Portland Place. – Goode and Lawrence.

 FREMANTLE. 

, born 30 Aug. 1810, is youngest brother of 