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Freake baronets

The Freake baronetcy, of Cromwell House in the Parish of St Mary Abbots, Kensington, and Fulwell Park in the Parish of Twickenham, both in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 May 1882 for the architect, builder and philanthropist Charles Freake.

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The Freake baronetcy, of Cromwell House in the Parish of St Mary Abbots, Kensington, and Fulwell Park in the Parish of Twickenham, both in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 May 1882 for the architect, builder and philanthropist Charles Freake.1

The 3rd Baronet was a polo player, and also served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1939.23 The title became extinct on the death of the 4th Baronet in 1951.4

Freake baronets, of Cromwell House and Fulwell Park (1882)

Extended family

  • The only daughter Sheila Winifred Freake (1933–2004) of the 4th Baronet married in 1957 John David O'Brien (1928–1980), son of David Edmond O'Brien, later 6th Baronet.18910
References

References

  1. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. pp. 793–794.
  2. Laffaye, Horace A. (24 March 2015). The Polo Encyclopedia, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-7864-9577-1.
  3. "Freake, Sir Frederick Charles Maitland". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. "Freake, Sir Charles Arland Maitland". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. "Freake, Thomas [George] (FRK867TG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. "Freake, Sir Thomas George". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. "Freake, Frederick [Charles] Maitland (FRK894FM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  8. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. p. 1522.
  9. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. p. B404. ISBN 033354577X.
  10. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Peerage Limited. 2011. p. 756. ISBN 978-1-870520-73-7.