Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere 1815 - 1884
Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere , K.C.B., K.C.G.S.J. one of 14 children. He was the grandson of John Frer, MP for Norwich, and his uncle was John Hookham Frere, British Ambassador to Portugal & Junta Spain during the Peninsula Wars. Another uncle was William Frer, Master of Downing College, Cambridge. Bartle Frere entered the Bombay Civil Service in 1834 and by 1862 had become the confidential adviser to the Governor of Bombay. In 1872 he was sent to Zanzibar to negotiate the suppression of the slave trade, and to this day there is a village near Mombasa named Freretown after him. In 1876 he was made GCB and a baronet, and in 1877 became Governor of the Cape and First High Commissioner of South Africa, and was involved in the Zulu wars of 1879. Chief Commissioner in Sindh, 1850-9. Recorded at the 1881 census: Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability George WILDING Head M Male 36 Bangor Lodging Housekeeper Annie WILDING Wife M Female 34 Bangor George I. WILDING Son Male 2 Middlesex, England Walter W. WILDING Son Male 9 m Middlesex, England Henry Bantle E. FRERE Boarder M Male 65 Brecknock, Wales Baronet Privy Councellor Retired Indian Civil Servant Catherine FRERE Boarder M Female 60 Honduras, West Indies (Wife Of Above) Mary E.J. FRERE Boarder U Female 35 Bitton, Gloucester, England (Daur Of Above) Catherine F. FRERE Boarder U Female 32 Saltard, East Indies (Daur Of Above) Georgine H.C. FRERE Boarder U Female 31 Mahabuleskion, East Indies (Daur Of Above) Eliza F.J. FRERE Boarder U Female 24 Wimbledon, Surrey, England (Daur Of Above) Jane HARKNESS Boarder U Female 24 Whitlesea, Dumfries, Scotland Serv Ladysmaid Maud DOCKERILL Boarder U Female 16 Whitlesea General Serv (To Boarders) Rose MAYO Serv U Female 15 Middlesex, England General Serv Source Information: Dwelling 42 Duke Street Census Place London, Middlesex, England Family History Library Film 1341021 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 0092 / 96 Page Number 6
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| Born: Brecknock, , , Wales 29th Mar 1815 | Baptised:
| | Died: 29th May 1884 | Buried: St. Paul's cathedral, London, , , England 1884
| | Family: Frere |
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