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Cottesloe, Baron (UK, 1874)

Creation: let. pat. 2 Mar 1874

Family name: Fremantle

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Arms:

Vert three Bars Ermine surmounted by a Lion rampant Gules murally crowned Or and in chief two Plates

Crest:

Out of a Mural Coronet Or a Demi Lion Gules charged on the shoulder with a Plate and holding in the paws a Banner quarterly Argent and Vert

Supporters:

On either side an Eagle wings expanded and inverted Sable

Motto:

Nec Prece Nec Pretio (Neither by entreaty nor by bribery)

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Thomas Francis [Fremantle], 1st Baron Cottesloe, PC

1st son of Vice Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle GCB, Knight Commander of the Order of Maria Theresa and a Baron of the Austrian Empire, by his wife Elizabeth Wynne, dau. and cohrss. of Richard Wynne, of Falkington, co. Lincoln

born

11 Mar 1798

mar.

24 Nov 1824 Louisa Elizabeth Nugent (d. 17 Aug 1875 from accidental poisoning), 1st dau. of Field Marshal Sir George Nugent, 1st Bt. GCB, by his wife Maria Skinner, dau. of Cortlandt Skinner, Attorney-General of New Jersey, British North America

children

1. Hon Thomas Francis Fremantle, later 2nd Baron Cottesloe

2. Very Rev Hon William Henry Fremantle DD, Dean of Ripon 1895-1915 (b. 12 Dec 1831; d. 24 Dec 1916), mar. (1) 6 Aug 1863 Isabella Maria Eardley (d. 13 Jul 1901), sister and cohrss. of Sir Eardley Gideon Culling Eardley, 4th and last Bt., of Hadley, co. Middlesex, and 2nd dau. of Sir Culling Eardley Smith later Eardley, 3rd Bt., of Bedwell Park, Hatfield, co. Hertford (by his wife Isabella Carr, dau. of Thomas William Carr, of Eshott, co. Northumberland), 1st son and heir of Sir Culling Smith, 2nd Bt., by his wife Hon Charlotte Elizabeth Eardley, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Sampson [Gideon later Eardley], 1st and last Baron Eardley of Spalding, by his wife Maria Marowe Wilmot, 1st dau. of Rt Hon Sir John Eardley Wilmot, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1766-71, and (2) 16 Apr 1903 Sophia Frances Stuart (d. 30 Aug1943), 1st dau. of Maj G F Stuart, and had issue by his first wife

3. Hon Sir Charles William Fremantle KCB JP, member of the board of the Suez Canal Company 1868-94 (b. 12 Aug 1834; d. 8 Oct 1914), mar. 20 Apr 1865 Sophia Smith (d. 22 Dec 1944), 6th dau. of Abel Smith JP MP, of Woodhall Park, co. Hertford, by his second wife Frances Anne Calvert, 2nd dau. of Gen Sir Harry Calvert, 1st Bt. GCB GCH, of Claydon House, co. Buckingham, and had issue

4. Rear-Admiral Hon Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle GCB GCVO CMG JP ADC RN, Commander-in-Chief: East Indian station 1888-91, China station 1892-95 and Plymouth 1896-99 (b. 15 Jun 1836; d. 10 Feb 1929), mar. 31 Aug 1866 Barberina Rogers Isaacs CBE (d. 5 May 1923), 1st dau. of Hon Robert McIntosh Isaacs MLA, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and had issue

5. Rev Hon Stephen James Fremantle (d. 2 Apr 1845; dvp. 16 Sep 1874)

1. Hon Mary Fremantle (b. c. 1826; d. Nov 1885), mar. 19 Sep 1848 Richard Aubrey Cartwright JP DL, of Edgcote, Banbury, co. Oxford (b. 1811; d. 3 Feb 1891), 1st son of Lt Col William Ralph Cartwright MP, of Aynhoe, co. Northampton, by his second wife Julia Frances Aubrey, sister and hrss. of Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey, 7th Bt., and only surv. dau. of Lt Col Richard Aubrey, of Asthill, co. Glamorgan, by his wife Frances Digby, dau. of Hon Wriothesley Digby (by his wife Mary Cotes, dau. of John Cotes, of Woodcote, co. Shropshire), 2nd son of William [Digby], 5th Baron Digby, and had issue

2. Hon Eliza Maria Fremantle (b. c. 1827; d. 18 May 1891), mar. 29 Jun 1854 Henry Richard Farrer JP DL, of Green Hammerton Hall, co. York (b. 3 Jul 1821; d. 9 Nov 1906), 4th son of James William Farrer JP DL, of Ingleborough, co. York, by his wife Henrietta Elizabeth Scott, widow of Hon John Scott and only dau. of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Bt. MP, of Blagdon, co. Northumberland, and had issue

3. Hon Augusta Mary Fremantle (b. 6 Jun 1828; d. 1 Jun 1903; bur. at Peper Harow, co. Somerset), mar. 25 Oct 1853 William [Brodrick], 8th Viscount Midleton, and had issue

4. Hon Emily Caroline Fremantle (dsp. 10 Feb 1929), mar. 26 Jan 1882 Rev Charles Leslie Alexander, Rector of Stanton-by-Bridge, co. Derby (dsp. 13 May 1888)

5. Hon Cecilia Elizabeth Fremantle (dsp. 15 Feb 1929), mar. 3 Sep 1867 Rev Edmund Hugh McNeile, Hon Canon of Liverpool Cathedral (d. Jan 1893)

6. Hon Louisa Frances Fremantle (d. unm. 20 Mar 1909)

died

3 Dec 1890

created

14 Aug 1821 Baronet of the United Kingdom, styled "of Swanbourne", with remainder to the heirs male of his father

2 Mar 1874 Baron Cottesloe, of Swanbourne and of Hardwick in the County of Buckingham

suc. by

son

note

he and his male issue authorised to bear the Austrian title of Baron by Royal Licence 22 Jan 1822;  Member of Parliament (Tory) for Buckingham 1827-46; Secretary of the Treasury 1834-35 and 1841-45; Privy Councillor (UK) 1844; Secretary at War 1844-45;  Privy Councillor (I) 1845; Chief Secretary for Ireland 1845-46;  Chairman of the Board of Customs 1847-73

Thomas Francis [Fremantle], 2nd Baron Cottesloe

born

30 Jan 1830

mar.

9 Sep 1859 Lady Augusta Henrietta Scott (b. 13 May 1836; d. 4 Nov 1906; bur. at Swanbourne, co. Buckingham), 2nd dau. of John [Scott], 2nd Earl of Eldon, by his wife Hon Louisa Duncombe, 2nd dau. of Charles [Duncombe], 1st Baron Feversham

children

1. Hon Thomas Francis Fremantle, later 3rd Baron Cottesloe

2. Hon Reginald Scott Fremantle (b. 11 Feb 1863; d. 30 Sep 1956), mar. 26 Jul 1900 Hilda Lucy Barry (d. 2 Sep 1953), dau. of Edward Middleton Barry RA, and had issue

3. Hon Cecil Fremantle JP (b. 12 Dec 1865; d. 17 Jul 1927)

4. Capt Hon Walter Fremantle (b. 13 Mar 1869; d. 3 Jan 1936)

1. Hon Mary Louisa Fremantle (d. unm. 19 Sep 1926)

2. Gertrude Charlotte Fremantle (b. 28 Jul 1864; dvp. 23 Sep 1873)

died

13 Apr 1918

suc. by

son

note

Barrister, Lincoln's Inn 1855; Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Buckinghamshire 1876-85; Chairman, Quarter Sessions 1899-1910; Chairman, Buckinghamshire County Council 1897-1904

Thomas Francis [Fremantle], 3rd Baron Cottesloe, CB VD TD JP

born

5 Feb 1862

mar.

16 Apr 1896 Florence Tapling (d. 4 Apr 1956), only surv. child of Thomas Tapling, of "Kingswood", Dulwich, London

children

1. 2nd Lt Thomas Francis Halford Fremantle (b. 2 Jan 1897; dvp. 17 Oct 1915 of wounds received in action in Flanders)

2. Hon John Walgrave Halford Fremantle, later 4th Baron Cottesloe

3. Edward St John Fremantle (b. 23 Aug 1901; dvp. 24 Feb 1913)

4. Hon Christopher Evelyn Fremantle, with the Ministry of Information 1941-45 and the British Council 1945-46 (b. 1906; d. 1979), mar. 12 Nov 1930 Anne Marie Huth Jackson (b. 15 Jun 1909; d. 26 Dec 2002), 2nd dau. of Rt Hon Frederick Huth Jackson, Director of the Bank of England 1892-1921, Sheriff of London 1918, by his wife Clara Annabel Caroline Grant-Duff, 1st dau. of Rt Hon Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff GCSI CIE FRS MP, Governor of Madras 1881-86, and had issue

1. Hon Florence Mary Fremantle, missionary in Palestine 1928-32 and Egypt 1932-35, linguist at the Foreign Office 1941-42, and sub-editor BBC Arabic News Service 1942-46 (b. 11 Mat 1898; d. unm. 3 Mar 1969)

2. Hon Dr Margaret Augusta Fremantle DM, Lecturer in Pathology at Oxford University 1945-72, Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford 1952-72 (b. 2 Dec 1904; dsp. 14 Nov 1994), mar. (1) 9 Apr 1930 (div. 1946) Denys Arthur Jennings, only son of A E Jennings, and (2) 6 Jun 1967 Howard Walter [Florey], Baron Florey OM FRS (Life Peer) 

3. Hon Bride Faith Louisa Fremantle (b. 1 Jul 1910), mar. 20 Aug 1932 Dr John Berry of Tayfield CBE DL LLD PhD DSc FRSE, of Tayfield House, Newport-on-Tay, co. Fife (b. 5 Aug 1907; d. 16 Feb 2002), only son of William Berry of Tayfield OBE DL, of Newport-on-Tay, co. Fife,  by his wife Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, 3rd dau. of Allan Graham Barns-Graham JP DL, 8th of Lymekilns, 6th of Kirkhill and 3rd of Ferenze, and has issue

4. Hon Dr Katharine Dorothy Honor Fremantle PhD (b. 23 May 1919)

died

19 Jul 1956

suc. by

son

note

Assistant Secretary to the Secretary of State at War 1900-03; Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire 1923-54; Chairman, Quarter Sessions 1925-37; KJStJ

John Walgrave Halford [Fremantle], 4th Baron Cottesloe, GBE

born

2 Mar 1900

mar. (1)

16 Feb 1926 (div. 1944) Lady Elizabeth Harris (b. 8 Jan 1906; mar. (2) 6 Feb 1944 Lt Col Edward Walter Hall Berwick, of Hove, co. Sussex, son of Walter Mark Berwick, of Toronto, Canada; d. 11 Dec 1983), only dau. of James Edward [Harris], 5th Earl of Malmesbury, by his wife Hon Dorothy Gough-Calthorpe, 4th dau. and cohrss. of Augustus Cholmondeley [Gough-Calthorpe], 6th Baron Calthorpe

children by first wife

1. Hon John Tapling Fremantle, later 5th Baron Cottesloe

1. Hon Ann Fremantle

mar. (2)

26 Mar 1959

children by second wife

2. Hon Edward Walgrave Fremantle, heir presumptive to the Barony of Cottesloe, of 4 Merivale Road, Putney, London (b. 18 Jun 1961), mar. 1991 Sara E Chillingworth, dau. of Lt-Cdr Henry Chillingworth, of Bembridge, Isle of Wight, and has issue:

1a. Henry John Fremantle (b. 1996)

1a. Louisa Clare Fremantle (b. 1994)

2. Hon Elizabeth Cecilia Jane Fremantle

3. Hon Flora Catherine Fremantle

died

1994

suc. by

son by first wife

note

served in World War II

Cdr John Tapling [Fremantle}, 5th Baron Cottesloe RN

born

22 Jan 1927

mar.

26 Apr 1958

children

1. Hon Thomas Francis Henry Fremantle, later 6th Baron Cottesloe

1. Hon Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne Fremantle

2. Hon Frances Ann (Fanny) Fremantle

died

21 May 2018

suc. by

son

note

joined Royal Navy 1944

Thomas Francis Henry [Fremantle], 6th Baron Cottesloe

born

17 Mar 1966

note

travel writer

The heir presumptive to the Barony of Cottesloe is Hon Edward Walgrave Fremantle, 1st son of the 4th Baron Cottesloe by his second wife and half-uncle of the present Baron.

Last updated 1 Jun 2019

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Titles:

6th Baron Cottesloe, of Swanbourne and of Hardwick in the County of Buckingham

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 2 Mar 1874)

6th Baronet, styled "of Swanbourne"

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 14 Aug 1821)

Address:

Athawes Farm House, 15 Nearton End, Swanbourne, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK17 0SL

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