BARONETAGE
Last updated 14/09/2017 (17 Jan 2025)
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the baronet was buried on that date.
FLETCHER-VANE of Hutton, Cumberland
27 Jun 1786	GB	1	Lyonel Wright Vane-Fletcher	28 Jun 1723	19 Jul 1786	63
19 Jul 1786		2	Frederick Vane-Fletcher (later Fletcher‑Vane) MP for Winchelsea 1792‑1794 and 1806‑1807, and Carlisle 1796‑1802	27 Feb 1760	26 Feb 1832	71
26 Feb 1832		3	Francis Fletcher-Vane	29 Mar 1797	15 Feb 1842	44
15 Feb 1842		4	Henry Ralph Fletcher-Vane For information on a claim made to the baronetcy in 1872, see the note at the foot of this page	13 Jan 1830	15 Jun 1908	78
15 Jun 1908 to     10 Jun 1934		5	Francis Patrick Fletcher-Vane Extinct on his death	16 Oct 1861	10 Jun 1934	72
FLOOD of Newton Ormond, co. Kilkenny
31 May 1780 to     1 Feb 1824	I	1	Frederick Flood MP [I] for Enniscorthy 1776‑1783 and Carlow Borough 1796‑1798; MP for Wexford County 1812‑1818 Extinct on his death	1739	1 Feb 1824	84
FLOWER of Lobb, Oxon
1 Dec 1809	UK	1	Charles Flower	c 1763	15 Sep 1834
15 Sep 1834 to     17 May 1850		2	James Flower MP for Thetford 1842‑1847 Extinct on his death	14 Dec 1794	17 May 1850	55
FLOYD of Chearsley Hill, Bucks
30 Mar 1816	UK	1	John Floyd	22 Feb 1748	10 Jan 1818	69
10 Jan 1818		2	Henry Floyd	2 Sep 1793	4 Mar 1868	74
4 Mar 1868		3	John Floyd	31 Jul 1823	2 May 1909	85
2 May 1909		4	Henry Robert Peel Floyd	1 Nov 1855	25 May 1915	59
25 May 1915		5	Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd Lord Lieutenant Buckinghamshire 1961‑1968	7 May 1899	5 Nov 1968	69
5 Nov 1968		6	John Duckett Floyd	1 Nov 1903	1 Apr 1975	71
1 Apr 1975		7	Giles Henry Charles Floyd	27 Feb 1932
FLUDYER of Lee Place, Kent
14 Nov 1759	GB	1	Samuel Fludyer For details of the special remainder included in this creation, see the note at the foot of this page MP for Chippenham 1754‑1768	c 1704	21 Jan 1768
21 Jan 1768		2	Samuel Brudenell Fludyer MP for Aldborough 1781‑1784	8 Oct 1759	17 Feb 1833	73
17 Feb 1833		3	Samuel Fludyer	31 Jan 1800	12 Mar 1876	76
12 Mar 1876		4	John Henry Fludyer	19 Dec 1803	4 Aug 1896	92
4 Aug 1896 to     27 Jan 1922		5	Arthur John Fludyer Extinct on his death	12 Oct 1844	27 Jan 1922	77
FOLEY of Thorpe Lee, Surrey
1 Jul 1767 to     7 Mar 1782	GB	1	Ralph Foley Extinct on his death	c 1727	7 Mar 1782
FOLJAMBE of Walton, Derby
24 Jul 1622 to     17 Dec 1640	E	1	Francis Foljambe MP for Pontefract 1626 Extinct on his death		17 Dec 1640
FOOTE of London
21 Nov 1660 to     12 Oct 1688	E	1	Thomas Foote MP for London 1654‑1655 and 1656‑1658 Extinct on his death	c 1592	12 Oct 1688
FORBES of Monymusk, Aberdeen
30 Mar 1626	NS		See "Stuart-Forbes"
FORBES of Castle Forbes, co. Longford
29 Sep 1628	NS	1	Arthur Forbes		14 Apr 1632
14 Apr 1632		2	Arthur Forbes He was subsequently created Earl of Granard in 1684 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	1623	1695	72
FORBES of Craigievar, Aberdeen
20 Apr 1630	NS	1	William Forbes		1648
1648		2	John Forbes	1636	1703	67
1703		3	William Forbes	1660	c 1730
c 1730		4	Arthur Forbes MP for Aberdeenshire 1732‑1747	1709	1 Jan 1773	63
1 Jan 1773		5	William Forbes	1755	15 Feb 1816	60
15 Feb 1816		6	Arthur Forbes	1784	early 1823	38
early 1823		7	John Forbes	2 Jul 1785	16 Feb 1846	60
16 Feb 1846		8	William Forbes-Sempill, later [1884] 17th Lord Sempill	May 1836	21 Jul 1905	69
21 Jul 1905		9	John Forbes-Sempill, 18th Lord Sempill	21 Aug 1863	28 Feb 1934	70
28 Feb 1934		10	William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill	24 Sep 1893	30 Dec 1965	72
30 Dec 1965		11	Ewan Forbes For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	6 Sep 1912	12 Sep 1991	79
12 Sep 1991		12	John Alexander Cumnock Forbes	29 Aug 1927	9 Oct 2000	73
9 Oct 2000		13	Andrew Iain ["Ochoncar"] Forbes	28 Nov 1945	8 Mar 2023	77
8 Mar 2023		14	James Patrick Ochoncar Forbes	1 Nov 1986
FORBES of Foveran, Scotland
10 Apr 1700	NS	1	Samuel Forbes	c 1663	16 Jul 1717
16 Jul 1717		2	Alexander Forbes		c 1750
c 1750 to     c 1760		3	John Forbes On his death the baronetcy became dormant		c 1760
FORBES of Newe and Edinglassie, Aberdeen
4 Nov 1823	UK	1	Charles Forbes MP for Beverley 1812‑1818 and Malmesbury 1818‑1832	3 Apr 1773	20 Nov 1849	76
20 Nov 1849		2	Charles Forbes	15 Jul 1832	23 May 1852	19
23 May 1852		3	Charles Forbes	21 Sep 1803	2 Nov 1877	74
2 Nov 1877		4	Charles John Forbes	24 Mar 1843	24 Jul 1884	41
24 Jul 1884		5	Charles Stewart Forbes	19 Jan 1867	12 Dec 1927	60
12 Dec 1927		6	John Stewart Forbes	8 Jan 1901	23 Jul 1984	83
23 Jul 1984		7	Hamish Stewart Forbes	15 Feb 1916	3 Sep 2007	91
3 Sep 2007		8	James Thomas Stewart Forbes	28 May 1957
FORBES-ADAM of Hankelow Court, Sussex
15 Feb 1917	UK	1	Frank Forbes Adam	17 Jun 1846	22 Dec 1926	80
22 Dec 1926		2	Ronald Forbes Adam	30 Oct 1885	26 Dec 1982	97
26 Dec 1982		3	Christopher Eric Forbes Adam	12 Feb 1920	17 Jan 2009	88
17 Jan 2009		4	Stephen Timothy Beilby Forbes Adam	19 Nov 1923	22 Mar 2019	95
22 Mar 2019		5	Nigel Colin Forbes Adam	7 Dec 1930	8 Jan 2022	91
8 Jan 2022		6	Charles David Forbes Adam	8 Oct 1957
FORBES-LEITH of Jessfield, Midlothian
7 Mar 1923	UK	1	Charles Rosdew Forbes-Leith MP for Torquay 1910‑1923	20 Feb 1859	2 Nov 1930	71
2 Nov 1930		2	Robert Ian Algernon Forbes-Leith Lord Lieutenant Aberdeen 1959‑1973; KT 1972	27 Dec 1902	17 Mar 1973	70
17 Mar 1973		3	Andrew George Forbes-Leith	20 Oct 1929	4 Nov 2000	71
4 Nov 2000		4	George Ian David Forbes-Leith	26 May 1967
FORD of Ember Court, Surrey
22 Feb 1793	GB		See "St. Clair-Ford"
FORD of Westerdunes, East Lothian
27 Jul 1929	UK	1	Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford MP for Edinburgh North 1920‑1923 and 1924‑1935	5 Mar 1880	28 Sep 1945	65
28 Sep 1945		2	Henry Russell Ford	30 Apr 1911	22 Dec 1989	78
22 Dec 1989		3	Andrew Russell Ford	29 Jun 1943
FORESTIER-WALKER of Castleton, Monmouth
28 Mar 1835	UK	1	George Townshend Walker	25 May 1764	14 Nov 1842	78
14 Nov 1842		2	George Ferdinand Radziwill Walker (Forestier‑Walker from 1893)	24 May 1825	1 Aug 1896	71
1 Aug 1896		3	George Ferdinand Radziwill Forestier‑Walker	7 Jul 1855	18 Jul 1933	78
18 Jul 1933		4	George Ferdinand Forestier‑Walker	20 May 1899	1 Oct 1976	77
1 Oct 1976		5	Clive Radziwill Forestier‑Walker	30 Apr 1922	14 Mar 1983	60
14 Mar 1983		6	Michael Leolin Forestier‑Walker	24 Apr 1949
FORESTIER-WALKER of Rhiwderin, Monmouth
Jun/Jul 1929 to     13 May 1934	UK	1	Sir Charles Leolin Forestier‑Walker MP for Monmouth 1918‑1934 Extinct on his death	6 May 1866	13 May 1934	68
FORREST of Comiston, Midlothian
7 Aug 1838	UK	1	James Forrest	1780	5 Apr 1860	79
5 Apr 1860		2	John Forrest	18 Apr 1817	5 Jun 1883	66
5 Jun 1883		3	William Forrest	6 Apr 1823	30 Aug 1894	71
30 Aug 1894		4	James Forrest	2 Sep 1853	18 Sep 1899	46
18 Sep 1899 to     25 Sep 1928		5	William Charles Forrest Extinct on his death	5 Jan 1857	25 Sep 1928	71
FORRESTER of Corstophine, Edinburgh
17 Nov 1625	NS	1	George Forrester He was subsequently created Lord Forrester in 1633 with which title the baronetcy then merged until it became dormant in 1654		1654
FORSTER of Bamborough, Northumberland
7 Mar 1620 to     c 1623	E	1	Claude Forster Extinct on his death		c 1623
FORSTER of Aldermaston, Berks
20 May 1620	E	1	Humphrey Forster	1595	12 Oct 1663	68
12 Oct 1663 to     13 Dec 1711		2	Humphrey Forster MP for Berkshire 1677‑1679, 1685‑1689 and 1690‑1701 Extinct on his death	21 Dec 1650	13 Dec 1711	60
FORSTER of Stokesby, Yorks
18 Sep 1649	E	1	Richard Forster		17 Jan 1661
17 Jan 1661		2	Richard Forster	c 1623	c 1680
c 1680 to     c 1710		3	Richard Forster Extinct on his death	c 1653	c 1710
FORSTER of East Greenwich, Kent
11 Jul 1661	E	1	Reginald Forster	c 1618	27 Jun 1684
Jun 1684 to     11 Aug 1705		2	Reginald Forster Extinct on his death	c 1640	11 Aug 1705
FORSTER of Coolderry, co. Monaghan
15 Jan 1794	I	1	Thomas Forster	9 Sep 1751	3 Dec 1843	92
3 Dec 1843		2	George Forster MP for Monaghan 1852‑1865	21 Mar 1796	4 Apr 1876	80
4 Apr 1876		3	Thomas Oriel Forster	7 Jun 1824	28 Dec 1895	71
28 Dec 1895 to     21 Jan 1904		4	Robert Forster Extinct on his death	27 Apr 1827	21 Jan 1904	76
FORSTER of Lysways Hall, Staffs
17 Mar 1874	UK	1	Charles Forster MP for Walsall 1852‑1891	3 Aug 1815	26 Jul 1891	75
26 Jul 1891		2	Charles Forster	1 Jun 1841	3 Jul 1914	73
3 Jul 1914 to     11 Mar 1930		3	Francis Villiers Forster Extinct on his death	9 May 1850	11 Mar 1930	79
FORSTER of The Grange, Surrey
2 Feb 1912 to     17 Apr 1930	UK	1	Ralph Collingwood Forster Extinct on his death	18 Jan 1850	17 Apr 1930	80
FORTESCUE of Salden, Bucks
17 Feb 1636	NS	1	John Fortescue	1592	Sep 1656	64
Sep 1656		2	John Fortescue	13 Jul 1614	14 Jun 1683	68
Jun 1683		3	John Fortescue	1644	1717	73
1717 to     9 Nov 1729		4	Francis Fortescue On his death the baronetcy became dormant	c 1662	9 Nov 1729
FORTESCUE of Fallapit, Devon
31 Mar 1664	E	1	Edmund Fortescue MP for Plympton Erle 1666‑1667	22 Sep 1642	30 Dec 1666	24
30 Dec 1666 to     27 Oct 1683		2	Sandys Fortescue Extinct on his death	6 Jul 1661	27 Oct 1683	22
FORTESCUE of Woodleigh, Devon
29 Jan 1667 to     Aug 1685	E	1	Peter Fortescue Extinct on his death	c 1620	14 Aug 1685
FORTESCUE-FLANNERY of Wethersfield Manor, Essex
13 Dec 1904	UK		See "Flannery"
FORWOOD of The Priory, Gateacre, Lancs
5 Sep 1895	UK	1	Arthur Bower Forwood MP for Ormskirk 1885‑1898; Parliamentary & Financial Secretary to the Admiralty 1886‑1892; PC 1892	23 Jun 1836	27 Sep 1898	62
27 Sep 1898		2	Dudley Baines Forwood	31 May 1875	22 Dec 1961	86
22 Dec 1961		3	Dudley Richard Forwood	6 Jun 1912	25 Jan 2001	88
25 Jan 2001 to     12 Sep 2019		4	Peter Noel Forwood Extinct on his death	15 Oct 1925	12 Sep 2019	93
FOSTER of Stonehouse, co. Louth
30 Sep 1831	UK	1	Augustus John Foster MP for Cockermouth 1812‑1816; PC 1822 For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	4 Dec 1780	1 Aug 1848	67
1 Aug 1848		2	Frederick George Foster	3 Jan 1816	25 Dec 1857	41
25 Dec 1857		3	Cavendish Hervey Foster	7 May 1817	27 Nov 1890	73
27 Nov 1890 to     7 Nov 1947		4	Augustus Vere Foster Extinct on his death	30 Mar 1873	7 Nov 1947	74
FOSTER of Norwich, Norfolk
3 Aug 1838	UK	1	William Foster	16 Jun 1798	2 Dec 1874	76
2 Dec 1874		2	William Foster	24 Mar 1825	15 Feb 1911	85
15 Feb 1911		3	William Yorke Foster	1 Apr 1860	14 Jun 1948	88
14 Jun 1948 to     2 Jan 1960		4	Henry William Berkeley Foster Extinct on his death	3 Apr 1892	2 Jan 1960	67
FOSTER of Bloomsbury, London
5 Feb 1930	UK	1	Sir Thomas Gregory Foster	10 Jun 1866	24 Sep 1931	65
24 Sep 1931		2	Thomas Saxby Gregory Foster	1 Feb 1899	17 May 1957	58
17 May 1957		3	John Gregory Foster	26 Feb 1927	24 Nov 2006	79
24 Nov 2006		4	Saxby Gregory Foster	3 Sep 1957
FOULIS of Ingleby, Yorks
6 Feb 1620	E	1	David Foulis		24 Aug 1642
Aug 1642		2	Henry Foulis	c 1607	13 Sep 1643
13 Sep 1643		3	David Foulis MP for Northallerton 1685‑1689	14 Mar 1633	13 Mar 1695	61
13 Mar 1695		4	William Foulis	9 Mar 1659	7 Oct 1741	82
Oct 1741		5	William Foulis	c 1680	11 Dec 1756
Dec 1756		6	William Foulis	1729	17 Jun 1780	50
Jun 1780		7	William Foulis	30 Apr 1759	5 Sep 1802	43
5 Sep 1802		8	William Foulis	29 May 1790	7 Nov 1845	55
7 Nov 1845 to     7 Oct 1876		9	Henry Foulis	15 Sep 1800	7 Oct 1876	76
FOULIS of Colinton, Edinburgh
7 Jun 1634	NS		See "Liston-Foulis"
FOULIS of Ravelstoun, Scotland
15 Oct 1661	NS	1	John Foulis	20 Feb 1638	5 Aug 1707	69
5 Aug 1707 to     15 Nov 1746		2	Archibald Primrose He was executed for treason and the baronetcy forfeited	c 1692	15 Nov 1746
FOWELL of Fowellscombe, Devon
30 Apr 1661	E	1	Edmund Fowell MP for Ashburton 1640‑1648	15 Aug 1593	9 Oct 1674	81
Oct 1674		2	John Fowell MP for Ashburton 1659‑1677	14 Aug 1623	8 Jan 1677	53
8 Jan 1677		3	John Fowell MP for Totnes 1689‑1692 Extinct on his death	12 Dec 1665	26 Nov 1692	26
FOWKE of Lowesby, Leics
7 Feb 1814	UK	1	Frederick Gustavus Fowke	Jan 1782	17 May 1856	74
17 May 1856		2	Frederick Thomas Fowke	29 Jun 1816	12 May 1897	80
12 May 1897		3	Frederick Ferrers Conant Fowke	13 May 1879	22 May 1948	69
22 May 1948		4	Frederick Woollaston Rawdon Fowke	14 Dec 1910	9 Dec 1987	76
9 Dec 1987		5	David Frederick Gustavus Fowke	28 Aug 1950
FOWLER of Islington, Middlesex
21 May 1628 to     1656	E	1	Thomas Fowler Extinct on his death	c 1586	1656
FOWLER of Harnage Grange, Salop
1 Nov 1704	E	1	William Fowler		1717
1717		2	Richard Fowler		c 1731
c 1731		3	William Fowler	c 1718	c 1746
c 1746		4	William Fowler		25 Nov 1760
25 Nov 1760 to     1 Mar 1771		5	Hans Fowler Extinct on his death		1 Mar 1771
FOWLER of Gastard House, Wilts
1 Aug 1885	UK	1	Robert Nicholas Fowler MP for Penryn & Falmouth 1868‑1874 and London 1880‑1891	12 Sep 1828	22 May 1891	62
22 May 1891 to     20 Apr 1902		2	Thomas Fowler Extinct on his death	12 Aug 1868	20 Apr 1902	33
FOWLER of Braemore, Ross
17 Apr 1890	UK	1	Sir John Fowler	15 Jul 1817	21 Nov 1898	81
21 Nov 1898		2	John Arthur Fowler	27 Jun 1854	25 Mar 1899	44
25 Mar 1899		3	John Edward Fowler	21 Apr 1885	22 Jun 1915	30
22 Jun 1915 to     1 Apr 1933		4	Montague Fowler Extinct on his death	12 Nov 1858	1 Apr 1933	74
FOWNES of Dublin
26 Oct 1724	I	1	William Fownes MP [I] for Wicklow Borough 1704‑1713	by 1672	3 Apr 1735
3 Apr 1735 to     5 Apr 1778		2	William Fownes MP [I] for Dingle 1749‑1761, Knocktopher 1761‑1776 and Wicklow Borough 1776‑1778; PC [I] 1761 Extinct on his death	1709	5 Apr 1778	68
FOX of Liverpool, Lancs
30 Jan 1924	UK	1	Gilbert Wheaton Fox	1 Jul 1863	21 Feb 1925	61
21 Feb 1925 to     11 Feb 1959		2	Gifford Wheaton Grey Fox MP for Henley 1932‑1950 Extinct on his death	2 Feb 1903	11 Feb 1959	56
FRANK of Withyam, Sussex
19 Jun 1920	UK	1	Sir Howard Frank	10 Nov 1871	10 Jan 1932	60
10 Jan 1932		2	Howard Frederick Frank	5 Apr 1923	10 Sep 1944	21
10 Sep 1944		3	Robert John Frank	16 Mar 1925	22 Feb 1987	61
22 Feb 1987		4	Robert Andrew Frank	16 May 1964
FRANKLAND of Thirkelby, Yorks
24 Dec 1660	E	1	William Frankland MP for Thirsk 1671‑1681	c 1640	2 Aug 1697
2 Aug 1697		2	Thomas Frankland MP for Thirsk 1685‑1695 and 1698‑1711, and Hedon 1695‑1698	Sep 1665	30 Oct 1726	61
30 Oct 1726		3	Thomas Frankland MP for Harwich 1708‑1713 and Thirsk 1713‑1747	c 1685	17 Apr 1747
17 Apr 1747		4	Charles Henry Frankland For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	c 1716	11 Jan 1768
11 Jan 1768		5	Thomas Frankland MP for Thirsk 1747‑1780 and 1784	26 Jun 1718	21 Nov 1784	66
21 Nov 1784		6	Thomas Frankland MP for Thirsk 1774‑1780 and 1796‑1801	18 Sep 1750	4 Jan 1831	80
4 Jan 1831		7	Robert Frankland MP for Thirsk 1815‑1834	16 Jul 1784	11 Mar 1849	64
11 Mar 1849		8	Frederick William Frankland	11 May 1793	11 Mar 1878	84
11 Mar 1878		9	William Adolphus Frankland	12 Aug 1837	29 Nov 1883	46
29 Nov 1883		10	Frederick William Francis George Frankland	2 Sep 1868	19 Dec 1937	69
19 Dec 1937		11	Thomas William Assheton Frankland	18 Aug 1902	5 Aug 1944	41
5 Aug 1944		12	James Assheton Frankland He subsequently succeeded to the Barony of Zouche in 1965 with which title the baronetcy then merged	23 Feb 1943	21 Sep 2022	79
FRANKLAND-PAYNE-GALLWEY of Hampton Hill, Middlesex
8 Dec 1812	UK		See "Payne-Gallwey"
FRANKLIN of Moor Park, Herts
16 Oct 1660	E	1	Richard Franklin MP for Hertfordshire 1661‑1679	20 Jul 1630	16 Sep 1685	55
Sep 1685		2	Richard Franklin	c 1655	1695
1695 to     5 Oct 1728		3	Thomas Franklin Extinct on his death	c 1656	5 Oct 1728
FRASER of Durris, Kincardine
2 Aug 1673	NS	1	Alexander Fraser	c 1607	28 Apr 1681
28 Apr 1681 to     10 May 1729		2	Peter Fraser Extinct on his death	after 1659	10 May 1729
FRASER of Ledeclune, Inverness
27 Nov 1806	UK	1	William Fraser		10 Feb 1818
10 Feb 1818		2	William Fraser	18 Jun 1787	23 Dec 1827	40
23 Dec 1827		3	James John Fraser		5 Jun 1834
5 Jun 1834		4	William Augustus Fraser MP for Barnstaple 1852‑1854 and 1857‑1859, Ludlow 1863‑1865 and Kidderminster 1874‑1880	10 Feb 1826	17 Aug 1898	72
17 Aug 1898		5	Keith Alexander Fraser MP for Harborough 1918‑1923	24 Dec 1867	21 Sep 1935	67
21 Sep 1935 to     13 May 1979		6	Keith Charles Adolphus Fraser Extinct on his death	14 Sep 1911	13 May 1979	67
FRASER of Cromarty, Scotland
29 Jun 1921	UK	1	(John) Malcolm Fraser Lord Lieutenant Surrey 1939‑1949	24 Dec 1878	4 May 1949	70
4 May 1949 to     9 Apr 1992		2	Basil Malcolm Fraser Extinct on his death	2 Jan 1920	9 Apr 1992	72
FRASER of Tain, Ross
12 Jul 1943	UK	1	Sir John Fraser	23 Mar 1885	1 Dec 1947	62
1 Dec 1947		2	James David Fraser	19 Jul 1924	8 Jan 1997	72
8 Jan 1997		3	Iain Michael Duncan Fraser	27 Jun 1951	3 Apr 2019	67
3 Apr 2019		4	Benjamin James Fraser	10 Apr 1986
FRASER
19 Jan 1961	UK	1	Hugh Fraser He was subsequently created Baron Fraser of Allander in 1964 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1987	15 Jan 1903	6 Nov 1966	63
FREAKE of Cromwell House, London
23 May 1882	UK	1	Charles James Freake	7 Apr 1814	6 Oct 1884	70
6 Oct 1884		2	Thomas George Freake For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	12 Oct 1848	21 Dec 1920	72
21 Dec 1920		3	Frederick Charles Maitland Freake	7 Mar 1876	22 Dec 1950	74
22 Dec 1950 to     14 Nov 1951		4	Charles Arland Maitland Freake Extinct on his death	13 Oct 1904	14 Nov 1951	47
FREDERICK of Burwood House, Surrey
10 Jun 1723	GB	1	John Frederick	10 Mar 1678	3 Oct 1755	77
3 Oct 1755		2	John Frederick	May 1728	24 Mar 1757	28
24 Mar 1757		3	Thomas Frederick	Mar 1731	16 Dec 1770	39
16 Dec 1770		4	John Frederick MP for New Shoreham 1740‑1741 and West Looe 1743‑1761	28 Nov 1708	9 Apr 1783
9 Apr 1783		5	John Frederick MP for Newport 1774‑1780, Christchurch 1781‑1790 and Surrey 1794‑1807	18 Mar 1750	16 Jan 1825	74
16 Jan 1825		6	Richard Frederick	30 Dec 1780	20 Sep 1873	92
20 Sep 1873		7	Charles Edward Frederick For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	2 May 1843	22 Mar 1913	69
22 Mar 1913		8	Charles Edward St. John Frederick	11 Sep 1876	21 Oct 1938	62
21 Oct 1938		9	Edward Boscawen Frederick	29 Jun 1880	26 Oct 1956	76
26 Oct 1956		10	Charles Boscawen Frederick	11 Apr 1919	21 Mar 2001	81
21 Mar 2001		11	Christopher St. John Frederick	28 Jun 1950
FREELING of Ford, Sussex
11 Mar 1828	UK	1	Francis Freeling	25 Aug 1764	10 Jul 1836	71
10 Jul 1836		2	George Henry Freeling	22 Sep 1789	29 Nov 1841	52
29 Nov 1841		3	Francis Freeling	11 Dec 1816	14 Sep 1845	28
14 Sep 1845		4	Henry Hill Freeling	12 Jan 1818	12 Mar 1871	53
12 Mar 1871		5	Arthur Henry Freeling	26 Jul 1820	26 Mar 1885	64
26 Mar 1885		6	Harry Freeling	5 Jun 1852	20 Apr 1914	61
20 Apr 1914		7	James Robert Freeling	3 Jun 1825	30 Oct 1916	91
30 Oct 1916		8	Clayton Pennington Freeling For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	26 Nov 1857	8 Jul 1927	69
8 Jul 1927 to     15 Mar 1941		9	Charles Edward Luard Freeling Extinct on his death	1858	15 Mar 1941	82
FREEMAN of Murtle, Aberdeen
4 Jul 1945	UK	1	Sir Wilfred Rhodes Freeman	18 Jul 1888	15 May 1953	64
15 May 1953		2	John Keith Noel Freeman	28 Jul 1923	5 Jun 1981	57
5 Jun 1981		3	James Robin Freeman	21 Jul 1955
FREISENDORF of Hirdech, Sweden
4 Oct 1661	E		See "von Freisendorff"
FREKE of West Bilney, Norfolk
4 Jun 1713	GB	1	Ralph Freke MP [I] for Clonakilty 1703‑1717	2 Jun 1675	1717	42
1717		2	Percy Freke MP [I] for Baltimore 1721‑1728	30 Apr 1700	10 Apr 1728	27
10 Apr 1728 to     13 Apr 1764		3	John Redmond Freke MP [I] for Baltimore 1728‑1761 and Cork City 1761‑1764 Extinct on his death	by May 1707	13 Apr 1764
FREKE of Freke Castle
15 Jul 1768	I		See "Evans-Freke"
FREMANTLE of Swanbourne, Berks
14 Aug 1821	UK	1	Thomas Francis Fremantle For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page He was subsequently created Baron Cottesloe in 1874 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	11 Mar 1798	3 Dec 1890	92
FRERE of Water Eaton, Oxon
22 Jul 1620 to     Sep 1629	E	1	Edward Frere Extinct on his death	c 1564	29 Sep 1629
FRERE of Wimbledon, Surrey
24 May 1876	UK	1	Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere Governor of Bombay 1862‑1867 and South Africa 1877‑1880; PC 1873	29 Mar 1815	29 May 1884	69
29 May 1884 to     29 Apr 1933		2	Bartle Compton Arthur Frere Extinct on his death	24 Oct 1854	29 Apr 1933	78
FRY of Woodburn, Durham
6 Feb 1894	UK	1	Theodore Fry MP for Darlington 1880‑1895	1 May 1836	5 Feb 1912	75
5 Feb 1912		2	John Pease Fry	26 Feb 1864	25 Jan 1957	92
25 Jan 1957		3	Theodore Penrose Fry	6 Apr 1892	6 Aug 1971	79
6 Aug 1971		4	John Nicholas Pease Fry	23 Oct 1897	14 Jan 1985	87
14 Jan 1985 to     26 Jul 1987		5	Francis Wilfrid Fry Extinct on his death	2 May 1904	26 Jul 1987	83
FRY of Oare, Wilts
29 Jul 1929 to     13 Oct 1960	UK		Geoffrey Storrs Fry Extinct on his death	27 Jul 1888	13 Oct 1960	72
FRYER
13 Dec 1714 to     11 Sep 1726	GB	1	John Fryer Extinct on his death		11 Sep 1726
FULLER of Inner Temple, London
1 Aug 1687 to     1709	E	1	James Chapman Fuller Extinct on his death		1709
FULLER of Neston Park, Wilts
7 Jul 1910	UK	1	John Michael Fleetwood Fuller MP for Westbury 1900‑1911; Governor of Victoria 1911‑1914	21 Oct 1864	4 Sep 1915	50
4 Sep 1915		2	John Gerard Henry Fleetwood Fuller	8 Jul 1906	16 Oct 1981	75
16 Oct 1981		3	John William Fleetwood Fuller	18 Dec 1936	3 Apr 1998	61
3 Apr 1998		4	James Henry Fleetwood Fuller	1 Nov 1970
FULLER-ACLAND-HOOD of St. Audries, Somerset
13 Apr 1809	UK	1	Samuel Hood The letters patent which created this baronetcy contain a special remainder to "Alexander Hood, nephew of the said Sir Samuel Hood, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten."	1762	24 Dec 1814	52
24 Dec 1814		2	Alexander Hood MP for Somerset West 1847‑1851	5 Jul 1793	7 Mar 1851	57
7 Mar 1851		3	Alexander Bateman Periam Fuller-Acland-Hood MP for Somerset West 1859‑1868	20 Apr 1819	29 Apr 1892	73
29 Apr 1892		4	Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, later [1911] 1st Baron St. Audries He subsequently succeeded to the baronetcy of Bateman [UK 1806] in 1905	26 Sep 1853	4 Jun 1917	63
4 Jun 1917		5	Alexander Peregrine Fuller-Acland-Hood, 2nd Baron St. Audries	24 Dec 1893	16 Oct 1971	77
16 Oct 1971 to     6 Feb 1990		6	Alexander William Fuller-Acland-Hood Extinct or dormant on his death	5 Mar 1901	6 Feb 1990	88
FULLER-ELIOTT-DRAKE of Nutwell Court, Devon
22 Aug 1821	UK	1	Thomas Trayton Fuller-Eliott-Drake For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page	18 Feb 1785	6 Jun 1870	85
6 Jun 1870 to     25 Jul 1916		2	Francis George Augustus Fuller-Eliott-Drake Extinct on his death	24 Dec 1837	25 Jul 1916	78
FULLER-PALMER-ACLAND
9 Dec 1818	UK		See "Acland"
FURNESE of Waldershare, Kent
27 Jun 1707	GB	1	Henry Furnese MP for Bramber 1698‑1699 and Sandwich 1701 and 1701‑1712	30 May 1658	30 Nov 1712	54
30 Nov 1712		2	Robert Furnese MP for Truro 1708‑1710, New Romney 1710‑1727 and Kent 1727‑1733	1 Aug 1687	14 Mar 1733	45
14 Mar 1733 to     28 Mar 1735		3	Henry Furnese Extinct on his death	c 1716	28 Mar 1735
FURNESS of Tunstall Grange, Durham
18 Jun 1913	UK	1	Stephen Wilson Furness MP for Hartlepool 1910‑1914 For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	26 May 1872	6 Sep 1914	42
6 Sep 1914		2	Christopher Furness	18 Oct 1900	21 Jun 1974	73
21 Jun 1974		3	Stephen Roberts Furness	10 Oct 1933	16 Nov 2024	91
16 Nov 2024		4	Michael Fitzroy Roberts Furness	12 Oct 1962
FUST of Hill, Gloucs
21 Aug 1662	E	1	Edward Fust	16 Apr 1606	6 Apr 1674	67
6 Apr 1674		2	John Fust	5 Dec 1637	12 Feb 1699	61
12 Feb 1699		3	Edward Cocks Fust	c 1668	13 Aug 1713
13 Aug 1713		4	Edward Fust	17 Oct 1693	27 Feb 1728	34
27 Feb 1728		5	Francis Fust	17 Mar 1705	26 Jun 1769	64
26 Jun 1769 to     16 Apr 1779		6	John Fust Extinct on his death	26 Aug 1726	16 Apr 1779	52
FYTCHE of Eltham, Kent
7 Sep 1688	E	1	Thomas Fytche	17 Dec 1637	16 Sep 1688	50
16 Sep 1688		2	Comport Fytche	18 Oct 1676	29 Dec 1720	44
29 Dec 1720 to     13 Jun 1736		3	William Fytche Extinct on his death	c 1714	13 Jun 1736

	The claim made to the baronetcy of Fletcher-Vane in 1872
	In November 1872, the case of 'Vane v. Vane' was heard in the Vice-Chancellor's Court in London. The following edited report on the proceedings is taken from the Manchester Times of 9 November 1872:-
	The object of this suit, which was instituted by "Sir Frederick Henry Vane, Bart. (heretofore commonly called Frederick Henry Vane), against Henry Ralph Vane (heretofore commonly called Sir Henry Ralph Vane, Bart.)" and others, was to obtain a declaration that the plaintiff, as the eldest son of Sir Frederick Fletcher Vane, deceased, is entitled to the family estates in Cumberland and Westmorland, and to have an account taken of the rents and profits received by the defendant, with an order for payment to the plaintiff of what should be found due.
	The case made by the bill was that Sir Frank [i.e. Francis] Fletcher Vane, the father of the plaintiff, before his marriage cohabited with, and three illegitimate children by, Miss Hannah Bowerbank, the lady whom he subsequently married, the first of such children having been born in 1794 and the second in 1795. It was upon the legitimacy of the third of these children that the question turned. The plaintiff alleged that pending arrangements for his father's marriage with Miss Bowerbank, she was prematurely confined of a third child, a son, and that the marriage did not, in fact, take place until nearly three weeks after her confinement - viz., on March 9, 1797. The child thus born, as the plaintiff alleged about three weeks before the marriage, on the 9th of March, was baptised by the name of Francis Fletcher Vane at St. George's, Bloomsbury, on the 19th of April, 1797, and in the entry of his baptism he was stated to have been born on the 29th of March, 1797. As to this entry, it was alleged by the plaintiff that the register had been tampered with, and that the date of the birth was added some time after the original entry. The bill then stated that Sir Frederick Fletcher Vane brought up Francis Fletcher Vane, the child thus born, as his legitimate heir. After the marriage two other children - i.e. a daughter and the plaintiff, who was born on May 10, 1807. Francis Fletcher Vane married in 1823, and upon the death of his father in 1832 assumed the title and the family estates. He died in 1842, and the defendant, Sir Henry Ralph Vane, who was his eldest son, and consequently the nephew of the plaintiff, succeeded him. Lady Vane, the widow of Sir Frederick Fletcher Vane, did not die until 1866, and the plaintiff accounted for the length of time which had elapsed before he attempted to assert his rights by the statement that from the year 1826, when at the age of 19 he obtained a commission in the 12th Lancers, down to the year 1866 he had only been for a few days at a time the family place in Cumberland, and that in that year he had for the first time became aware through inquiries made, in consequence of some remarks let fall by the widow of Sir Francis and of a subsequent conversation with the widow of Sir Frederick before her death, that there was any doubt as to the legitimacy of his elder brother. The plaintiff further charged that the illegitimacy of Sir Francis was not only known to Sir Frederick and his wife, but also was disclosed by Sir Frederick to Sir Francis, and was known by Sir Francis's wife and her father, and was fraudulently concealed from the plaintiff.
	A decision in this case was eventually reached in November 1876. In normal circumstances, given that Sir Henry Ralph Fletcher-Vane had succeeded to the title and estates in 1842, any attempt to claim the title and estates would have been defeated by the Statute of Limitations. However, a loophole in the law stated that, in the event of a "concealed fraud", the right of a claimant to bring an action in equity ran for twenty years after the discovery of such fraud. This is what the claimant relied upon, arguing that his parents had committed such a fraud by falsely representing that his brother had been born after their marriage, whereas he had been born before. The Court was satisfied, however, that Francis had been born after the marriage, and as such the plaintiff's case entirely failed, and therefore his application must be dismissed.
	The special remainder to the baronetcy of Fludyer created in 1759
	From the London Gazette of 10 November 1759 (issue 9947, page 3):-
	The King has been pleased to grant unto Sir Samuel Fludyer, Knt. Alderman of the City of London, and his Heirs Male, and in Default of such Issue, to Thomas Fludyer, of the said City of London, Esq; Brother to the said Sir Samuel Fludyer, and his Heirs Male, the Dignity of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
	Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th baronet
	In all standard peerage references published between 1912 and 1952, the children of the 18th Lord Sempill are shown as William Francis Forbes-Sempill, later 19th Lord Sempill, and three daughters, Gwendolen Janet (died 1910), Margaret, born 1905, and Elizabeth, born 1912.
	In September 1952, it was announced that Elizabeth had now become Ewan. The following report appeared in The Chicago Daily Tribune on 13 September 1952:-
	'Dr. Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill, younger daughter of the late 18th Baron Sempill and sister of the present 19th baron, today publicly adopted a male christian name.
	An advertisement in the Scottish Aberdeen Press and Journal said Dr. Forbes-Sempill would be known as Dr. Ewan Forbes-Sempill.
	She recently obtained a warrant for re-registration of birth from the sheriff in Aberdeen. The London Evening Standard said, "The case of Miss Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill, who has changed sex at the age of 40, is the first of its kind to cause changes in the books of social reference." Dr. Forbes-Sempill's relationship to the 19th baron is now that of "brother", it said.
	Dr. Forbes-Sempill was graduated from Aberdeen university in 1944 and has been practicing medicine at Alford for several years. She is a Scottish folk dance enthusiast, and the founder and leader of a team of dancers called the Dancers of Don.
	William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 58, the 19th baron, has four daughters living but no son. The doctor's new status as his "brother" may involve a change in succession, experts said. Besides being a Scottish baron or lord, William Francis Forbes-Sempill is also a baronet of Nova Scotia, entitled to be called "sir".
	Cyril Hankinson, editor of "Debrett", a reference book listing Britain's blue bloods, was quoted as saying that the re-registration of the doctor's birth and change in Christian name would not affect the present succession to the barony of Sempill, created in 1488, but might affect the succession to the baronetcy.
	"The present heiress to the barony," Hankinson said, "is Lord Sempill's eldest daughter, Ann Moira. I think this event leaves her position unimpaired, as the barony can descend in the female line. The baronetcy, however, can not so descend, and I think this change means that Dr. Ewan Forbes-Sempill becomes the heir presumptive to the baronetcy, thus displacing the present peer's uncle, Rear Adm. A.L.O. Forbes-Sempill.
	An Associated Press dispatch said Dr. Forbes-Sempill was dressed in a man's suit at her Aberdeenshire home.
	The London Daily Mirror quoted Dr. Forbes-Sempill as saying: "I regard this as a reprieve after 40 years of being mistaken alternatively for male and female, from living a lie, trying to be something that I never was entirely - a woman."
	"I underwent a course of medical treatment for several years finally to establish my masculinity. I was not involved in any operation and, being a doctor myself, I knew what was going on.
	"I have biologically, as well as socially, a man for several months, leading a bachelor's life and discarding the last remnants of my tedious upbringing as a girl. I have discarded all the relics of those years of torture - makeup, perfume, jewellery and so forth."
	A month after making the announcement, Dr. Ewan Forbes-Sempill married his housekeeper, Miss Isabella Mitchell, a woman reported as being in her mid-thirties.
	When Lord Sempill died in 1965, Ewan claimed the title as the late Lord's nearest male relative. His claim was opposed by Lord Sempill's cousin, John Forbes-Sempill. The dispute lasted for three years, during which time the Scottish Court of Session ruled that Ewan was the male heir. However, John Forbes-Sempill persisted in his claim, relying on Ewan's original birth certificate, until 5 December 1968, when James Callaghan, the then Home Secretary, directed that the name of Sir Ewan Forbes-Sempill be entered in the roll of the baronetage as the 11th baronet.
	Sir Augustus John Foster, 1st baronet
	Sir Augustus committed suicide in August 1848. The following report of the subsequent inquest appeared in The Era [London] on 20 August 1848:-
	On Thursday week an inquest was held at Branksea Castle, on the body of the Right Hon. Sir Augustus John Foster, Bart, P.C., G.C.H., aged 68, before Henry Everingam, Esq., Mayor of Wareham. The deceased had been for several months labouring under disease of the heart and lungs. His medical attendant, T. Salter, Esq., of Poole, visited him on Tuesday, the 1st inst., at seven o'clock in the evening, and offered to stay the night, which deceased declined. He had then just had a severe attack, suffered great pain, and was scarcely expected to survive a minute. His mental faculties were not right. If sensible when addressed, he soon wandered. Acute pain and consequent want of sleep for a considerable period had caused delirium. Sir Augustus retired at about a quarter before eight, on Mr. Salter's leaving him, and a few minutes afterwards he was heard to give a groan, by a servant in an adjoining room, who immediately called Mr. Foster, a son of the deceased; they, supposing he was attacked by one of his usual fits, attempted to revive him by administering hollands [Dutch gin]. The servant was told by Mr. Foster to feel deceased's pulse, and on taking his hand for that purpose, discovered an open razor in it, and blood was then, it being dark, first observed on the bed linen. There were two large wounds in the throat, one of which was 3½ inches long, in a transverse direction, very deep, and the large blood vessels in the neighbourhood were divided, from whence haemorrhage, sufficient to cause death, had taken place. Mr. Salter had no doubt of the mental derangement of deceased, and a verdict of Temporary Insanity was returned.
	Sir Charles Henry Frankland, 4th baronet
	This classic rags-to-riches romance was published in The Leeds Mercury of 3 January 1880:-
	One fine summer's morning in the year of grace 1742 the little inn of the little town of Marblehead was in a state of great bustle in anticipation of the visit of some Government officials from Boston to dine there. The landlady, rather vixenish in temper and tongue, was busily occupied in attending to the culinary department, and at intervals scolding a young girl of sixteen, who was scrubbing the floor, and was the maid-of-all-work in the establishment, working from early in the morning until late at night for a small pittance of wages.
	Marblehead was a small fishing town or village about sixteen miles from Boston in New England, consisting of a cluster of log-built and straw-thatched houses, amongst which stood conspicuously forth the little hostelry, in consequence of its sign of King George the Second's head swinging and creaking from a crossbeam over the highway. The inhabitants were almost entirely of Guernsey descent, a brave people, but not so loyal as the sign of their inn would seem to indicate, as after the war of the Revolution there were in the town 600 widows of patriots who had fallen; and in the year 1812, 500 Marblehead men were prisoners of war in England. The washing of the floor was not completed when the sound of horses' feet was heard coming along the road, and in a few minutes three gentlemen alighted at the door, gave their horses in charge of an extemporised ostler, and entered the house. The landlady made a profound curtsey to her guests, and at the same time rated her hand-maiden for not having the room ready for the gentlemen. "Don't scold her," said he who appeared to be the chief of the group; "I dare say the little lassie has done her best, and perhaps we have arrived earlier than we were expected." The girl, who was dressed in homely attire, and without shoes or stockings, turned her head with a silent glance of thanks to the speaker - a glance which he pronounced to himself to be angelic.
	The gentleman who thus came upon the scene was a Mr. Charles Henry Frankland, 36 years of age [26 would be more accurate], and slightly bronzed in feature from his early residence in Bengal, where he was born. He was the eldest son of the Governor of Bengal, Henry Frankland, who had been brother and heir-presumptive of Sir Thomas Frankland, third Baronet, of Thirkleby, in Yorkshire, but he had died in 1736, leaving this son heir-presumptive to the baronetcy in his place. In 1741 he had been appointed Collector of the Customs at the port of Boston, and on this summer's morning, with two subordinates, was paying a professional visit to Marblehead, which lay within the Boston collection. The more he saw of the girl, as she waited at table during dinner, the more he was struck with the beauty of her features and the faultless symmetry of her figure. As was said of her, "Her ringlets were black and glossy as the raven, her dark eyes beamed with light and loveliness, and her voice was musical and bird-like." He entered into conversation with her, and found that her name was Agnes Surriage, and that her parents, of a humble position in life, dwelt at a neighbouring village. He was charmed with the modest and intelligent replies she made to his questions, but found that she was altogether uneducated, and had learnt nothing except how to perform household work, to sew and knit, and "to go to meeting on Sundays". On leaving, he gave her money to buy herself shoes and stockings; but on his next visit he found her again bare-legged, and asking her why she had not supplied herself with shoes and stockings, she replied that she had done so, but kept them to go to "meeting" in.
	Becoming more and more fascinated with her beauty, he at length asked her parents to allow him to take her to Boston and have her educated, to which they consented after some hesitation. He caused her to be instructed in reading, writing, drawing, music, dancing, and all the accomplishments of a fine lady; but although she excelled eventually in sketching, playing and dancing, and wrote a beautiful hand, she could never master the difficulties of orthography, her spelling to the last being always of an original and curiously eccentric character.
	When her education was completed and she had grown to womanhood, he took her to his home as his mistress, and she bore him a son, who was christened Richard Cromwell. She was, however, looked upon askance by the Quaker circles of Boston, not on account of her lowly birth, but because of her disreputable connection with her "protector". Sir  Thomas Frankland, 3rd baronet, died without male issue in 1747, and Charles Henry, his nephew, succeeded as fourth baronet. Seven years after he returned to England, with Agnes and his son, to dispute the will of the late baronet as to the disposition of the family estates at Thirkleby, near Easingwold [12 miles north of York]. Sir Thomas made three wills; the first in 1741, wherein he left a slender provision for his widow, leaving the estates to his heir male. In the second, made in 1744, he left Thirkleby to his widow for life, to pass at her death to the then holder of the baronetcy; and by the third will, dated 1746, he left her the estates, producing £2500 per annum, and the whole of his personalty absolutely, and to dispose of as she chose. It was contended that the last will was made when he was in an unsound state of mind and under undue influence, and a lawsuit ensued, resulting in the setting aside of the third and the continuation of the second will. The lawsuit gained, Sir Charles and Agnes went for a tour on the Continent, and in the month of November, 1755, were sojourning in the city of Lisbon. On the 1st of that month, the sun rose, shining with almost unusual brightness, and the streets were filled with people going hither and thither on matters of religion, business, and pleasure, little dreaming of, and with nothing to indicate, the catastrophe which was to befall their city. The Franklands had breakfasted at their hotel, and Sir Charles, donning a Court suit, started off in a carriage with a lady to witness the celebration of High Mass in the Cathedral, leaving Agnes at the hotel. They had not proceeded far, and were passing in front of a lofty building, when, without warning, the terrible earthquake occurred, which in eight minutes laid the city in ruins and swallowed up 50,000 of its inhabitants. The lofty building came crashing down, and buried the carriage and its occupants. What became of the lady is not known, but the horses were killed, and Sir Charles lay bruised and wounded beneath the ruins for an hour. In full expectation of death, he reflected on his past life, and concluded that he was undergoing a judgment of God for his misdeeds, and especially for having lived in a state of concubinage, and made a vow that if he should be rescued, he would show his repentance by marrying the partner of his guilt. Agnes had escaped unhurt, and when the first shock had passed, fearful that some mischance had befallen him, rushed out in the direction of the cathedral, regardless of the still falling houses, in search of him. As she was clambering over a heap of ruins, she heard moans issuing from beneath, and a voice which she recognised as that of her beloved one. She immediately got together a party of diggers, and by promises of high rewards, succeeded in extricating him, and after his wounds had been dressed conveyed him to Belem, where, in process of time, he recovered, and where their marriage was celebrated.
	Sir Charles returned to Boston; but in 1757 he was appointed Consul-General to Portugal, and again came to Lisbon. In 1763 he resumed his duties at Boston, retaining his consulship, although absent, until 1767, when he returned to England and died the following year, being succeeded in the baronetcy by his brother Thomas.
	Lady Frankland returned to New England with her son, and they resided upon an estate at Hopkinton [30 miles west of Boston] which she had inherited through her parents, but at the outbreak of the Revolutionary war in 1775, she being a Royalist, came to England, and in 1782 married Mr. John Drew, a banker at Chichester, and died in 1783.
	Richard Cromwell, her son, entered the Naval Service of England, but retired on his being ordered to America as he felt unwilling to fight against his native land.
	Sir Thomas George Freake, 2nd baronet
	On 1 October 1890, Sir Thomas appeared in the Westminster Police Court charged with having, on 29 September, stolen a key, two boxes containing photographic negatives, and a bundle of letters, the property of Mr. Edward Gibson. He was further charged with forging a telegram. Evidence showed that Sir Thomas Freake and Edward Gibson had formerly been intimate friends, but both had conducted 'immoral relations' with an unnamed lady. It appeared that this lady had written a number of letters to Sir Thomas, and that these letters were now in the possession of Gibson, who refused to part with them. Sir Thomas therefore resorted to 'foul' means to obtain these letters.
	On 29 September, Gibson took the letters to the St. George's Club in Hanover Square where, in the presence of a man named Hodson, he deposited the letters in his private locker. Hodson then informed Gibson that Sir Thomas had invited them to lunch at his house. Suspecting nothing untoward, Gibson lunched at Sir Thomas's house. After lunch, Sir Thomas suggested that Gibson might like to view a nearby mansion which had been fitted out for private theatrical performances. Once there, Gibson was lured into the basement where he was confronted by Sir Thomas, Hodson, another man named Walker, and the unnamed lady. They demanded that Gibson hand over his keys and the letters. Gibson refused, whereupon "the three men set upon him, took him by the throat, threw him on the ground, and held him in a position of half-strangulation, while handcuffs were put on him by Hodson, and his pockets were rifled for his keys." One newspaper report contains the superb syntactic error that "a man stood over Gibson while he was handcuffed with a drawn sword."
	Once his assailants had found his keys, including that to his locker at his club, Sir Thomas went to the local post office and sent a telegram - "To the hall-porter, St. George's Club, Hanover-square. - Send wooden box in my locker by messenger in cab to 87, Onslow-gardens. Have sent key. - Gibson." Sir Thomas was therefore successful in obtaining his goal.
	The magistrate viewed this matter as being not too serious, and suggested that the matter be submitted to arbitration. He noted that the letters had subsequently been returned to the lady, who had then destroyed them. Eventually it was reported that the matter had been settled out of court by payment of £1,200 plus £100 in costs.
	Sir Charles Edward Frederick, 7th baronet
	In late 1874, Sir Charles appeared before the Court of Probate in an attempt to prove the lawful marriage of his paternal grandfather and, as a consequence, that the baronetcy had accordingly descended to Sir Charles.
	The following report appeared in The Illustrated Police News of 26 December 1874:-
	For several days past a case has been proceeding in the Court of Probate which has involved points of great personal and public interest, and in which the succession to a Baronetcy was curiously involved. The case arose under the Legitimacy Declaration Act, and was a petition by Capt. Charles Edward Frederick, asking the Court to declare that his paternal grandfather, Colonel Charles Frederick, was lawfully married to Martha Rigden, who for many years was recognised by him as his wife. The marriage was supposed to have taken place somewhere about the 20th March, 1773, but no direct proof of it remains. In a family Bible, inherited by Captain Frederick from Sir Richard Frederick, the late baronet, and which was the property of the Colonel Charles Frederick whose marriage was in question, is an entry by him of his marriage with Martha Rigden on the 20th March, 1773, and of the births of his several children. Of the sons, Charles, the eldest, was killed in the unfortunate Walcheren expedition [in 1809] and left no lawful issue; Arnold, the second, was never married, and was killed by the blowing up of the Queen Charlotte at Leghorn [17 March 1800]; General Edward, father of the petitioner, was the third son.
	Colonel Charles Frederick left England for Bombay in 1776, leaving his reputed wife and two young children to the care of her brother, Mr. John Rigden. In the next year his wife followed him to India, and they lived together there till Colonel Frederick's death in 1791. He had, however, returned to England in 1779 to prosecute a complaint against the East India Company, and during this visit formed a great friendship with his brother's wife - Mrs. Lenox Frederick. During a visit to the Continent pending an arrangement with some creditors, he corresponded with this lady, and his letters were produced. In these letters he continually speaks of his wife, and of himself as a loving husband "more in love", he says in one letter, written in February, 1781, "if that is possible, than I was the day I married, though that is near eight years ago." In another, written in the following April, he thanks his correspondent for the kind manner in which she had mentioned his wife, and adds, "the greatest and most unpardonable folly I ever committed in my life was not making her known to my family before I went to India". In the same letter Colonel Frederick then makes a statement which seems to throw some light on the difficulties in which the case was involved. He says to his correspondent, speaking of his father, "I suppose you have heard that I did inform him of my marriage when I was last in England, but there being no register, and the certificate being left in India to entitle her to the Company's allowance in case any accident happened to me, I could not immediately prove it legally, upon which grounds he refused to acknowledge her."
	At this period in the history of the marriage the certificate, said by Colonel Charles Frederick to have been "left in India to entitle her to the Company's allowance", seems, if it ever existed, to have come into use. Mr. Mason, of the India Office, produced the records of the Company, in which Colonel Frederick's commissions and pensions and the allowances to his widow and children were entered. Neither the deeds of the Clive Fund nor the regulations of the Company require the production of a marriage certificate, but in nearly every case it was done, and Mr. Mason named an instance in which the company deferred the grant of a pension for four years till the certificate was forthcoming. This case seemed to suggest that the production of a certificate was usual. Colonel Frederick's widow at once received the pensions, and there is a record in the report of a sub-committee which states "she had produced the necessary certificates to entitle her" to the pensions of a colonel's widow, and they recommended her to an additional allowance of £100 a year from the Contingent Military Fund. These pensions were regularly paid to her till her death at Bath in August, 1794, and on her tombstone a partially obliterated inscription may still be read, which calls her "Martha, relict of Charles Frederick, Colonel of his Majesty's Bombay Army". She left her eight children in very poor circumstances, and her brother, John Rigden, memorialised the Company on their behalf, and got a grant of twenty pounds a year from the Contingent Fund for each of the five younger children. Some correspondence afterwards passed between Mr. Rigden and the two brothers of the deceased Colonel; and endorsed in Mr. Rigden's hand, on the back of one of the letters is this passage: "I have with much difficulty found the marriage certificate, which I also" - but here the paper was torn, and the rest of the sentence is missing. The letter had referred to some accounts; and the inference is that the marriage certificate was that of Charles Frederick and Martha Rigden, and that it was enclosed in the letter.
	But here arose a curious difficulty. In the year 1800 some dispute arose between this same John Rigden and his nephew, Charles Frederick, who claimed in right of his mother some property which Rigden held. He disputed his nephew's claim, and in some way the question of the marriage was then raised, but left unsettled. There had, therefore, been some doubt as to the marriage from the first; and the question was whether the explanation of it was to be accepted as legally sufficient to establish the validity of the marriage. The verdict has decided that in the opinion of the jury it is sufficient, and that the marriage was a legal and valid one.
	The contention of the other side was that none of these facts were sufficient to establish the validity of the marriage, and the attempt to establish it by repute was met by proofs of contrary beliefs. It was admitted that Edward Frederick and Mrs. Lenox Frederick did believe in the marriage for a while, but that the Frederick family entirely disbelieved it: and there was the strange fact that some years after the marriage, Mrs. Frederick was described as a spinster in some documents executed by members of her own family, and signed herself Martha Rigden. Moreover, her uncle, William Rigden, whom Mr. Hawkins described as "one of those irascible old uncles who appear in blue coats with brass buttons, and nankeen pantaloons on the British stage", wrote her a letter in 1776 in which he says members of her family, as well as he himself, think her not married … A slip of paper found with the letter in the handwriting of William Rigden contained the memorandum, "Rev. Mr. Duckworth, son of Prebendary Duckworth, gone to East Indies; married at Starchfield March, 1773. The man that gave her away dead. Very bad account." This Mr. Duckworth was Vicar of Stoke Pogis, and the rector of that parish proved that no record existed in the registers of that church, which, however, had been very badly kept. These circumstances were, however, all consistent with the plea that the marriage had been a clandestine one, and had been kept secret at first, till proof became difficult. The verdict of the jury fixes this interpretation on the events, and, we think, does substantial justice. The case is, however, only one more proof of the danger of clandestine marriages, and the need there is for the clearest and most open conduct in all such matters. In this case a Baronetcy came eventually, and by accidents which it was impossible to foresee, to depend upon the legitimacy of the third son of this marriage; and, subject to the appeal, Captain Frederick is declared the lawful descendant of the couple married in March, 1773, and will take the title accordingly.
	Sir Clayton Pennington Freeling, 8th baronet
	From the Rockhampton, Queensland Morning Bulletin of 24 September 1927:-
	Behind the death of Sir Clayton Pennington Freeling, which took place in an old hut in the mining village of Smythesdale, Victoria, lies the story of lonely and adventurous life.
	Sir Clayton, according to a cablegram from Melbourne, was "very plainly clad, and very poorly housed, and had lived the life of a recluse. He was an omnivorous reader, and a keen student of mining problems. Nothing of value was found among his effects."
	This lonely baronet, a "Daily Chronicle" representative was informed by a friend of the family, had lived abroad for nearly 40 years. For some time he was in Alaska, but for the greater part of his lifetime he lived in Australia.
	He was 70 when he died, and had not been in England since 1914. His mother, Lady Freeling, who has attained the great age of 92, lives in a flat at Hurlingham. She is the widow of Sir Sanford Freeling [1828‑1894], for many years a colonial governor. [Governor of Dominica 1869‑1871, Grenada 1871‑1875, Gold Coast 1876‑1878 and Trinidad & Tobago 1880‑1884.]
	Sir Clayton succeeded his uncle, the Rev. Sir James Robert Freeling, in 1916. In his earlier days he was an officer in the army, but a love of travel and adventure tempted him abroad, and he sought gold both in Alaska and Australia. Even his relatives knew little of his life during the past quarter of a century. "He was married," an acquaintance said, "but no one knows where his wife is, or if, indeed, she is alive. There were no children.
	"Before 1908 he made many trips home from Australia, sometimes at intervals of only two years. But he would not stay long. He would say, 'The sun is calling me, I must return home', meaning Australia.
	"Often he would lock himself up in a room with his books, but he could be a brilliant conversationalist if her cared. He wrote occasional poetry; so far as I know none of it was published."
	The successor to the title is Mr. Charles E. L. Freeling, a retired Reading solicitor, who had not seen his cousin, the late baronet, for 40 years. When a "Daily Chronicle" representative spoke to him on the telephone, the new baronet said, "The whole thing is a nuisance, but fortunately will all be forgotten inside 24 hours."
	The special remainder to the baronetcy of Fremantle created in 1821
	From the London Gazette of 28 July 1821 (issue 17730, page 1555):-
	His Majesty has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom to … Thomas Francis Fremantle, of Swanbourne, in the county of Buckingham, Esq. (eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath); with remainder, in failure of issue male, to the heirs male of the body of the said Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, deceased.
	The special remainder to the baronetcy of Fuller-Eliott-Drake created in 1821
	From the London Gazette of 28 July 1821 (issue 17730, page 1555):-
	His Majesty has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom to … Thomas Trayton Fuller Eliott Drake, of Nutwell-Court, Buckland Abbey, or Monachorrum, Sherford, and Yarcombe, in the county of Devon, Esq. Major in the Army, with remainder in default of issue male, to his brothers William Stephen Fuller and Rose Henry Fuller Esqrs. Commanders in the Royal Navy, and their heirs male.
	Sir Stephen Wilson Furness, 1st baronet
	Sir Stephen died at Broadstairs, on the Kentish coast when, while opening an upper storey window of the hotel in which he was staying, he overbalanced and fell to the pavement below. The date of his death is shown in various publications such as Who Was Who and Stenton and Lees' Who's Who of British Members of Parliament 1886‑1918 as being 6 August 1914, but there is no doubt that the correct date was 6 September 1914, as is evidenced by the newspapers of the time.

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