Family and Education
b. 21 May 1769, 1st s. of John Frere. educ. Cormick’s prep. sch. Putney; Eton 1785; Caius, Camb. 1787, fellow 1791-1816. m. 12 Sept. 1816, Elizabeth Jemima, da. of Joseph Blake of Ardfry, Galway, wid. of George Hay, 16th Earl of Erroll [S], 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1807.
Offices Held
Under-sec. of state for Foreign affairs Apr. 1799 – Sept. 1800; minister to Portugal Oct. 1800 – Sept. 1802, to Spain Sept. 1802 – Aug. 1804; PC 14 Jan. 1805; minister to Prussia May 1807 (but never went), to Spain Oct. 1808-Aug 1809.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Roydon Hall, Norf.
Notes
G. Festing, J. H. Frere and his Friends.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
FRERE, John Hookham (1769-1846)
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Oxford 1644
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