"1st Baron Cottesloe" Thomas Fremantle Signed Free Frank Dated 1828 for Sale

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"1st Baron Cottesloe" Thomas Fremantle Signed Free Frank Dated 1828 For Sale

Up for sale a RARE! "1st Baron Cottesloe" Thomas Fremantle Hand Signed Free Frank Dated 1828.

known as Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt, between 1821 and 1874, was

a British Tory politician. Cottesloe was the

eldest son of Admiral Sir Thomas Fremantle and Betsey, daughter of Richard Wynne. He was

the elder brother of Admiral Sir Charles

Fremantle after whom the city of Fremantle in Western Australia

is named, and of William Robert Fremantle (c. 1808-1895), Dean of Ripon,

whose son, William Henry Fremantle filled

the same clerical role. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. The family 14 August 1821 he was created a Baronet, of Swanbourne in

the County of Buckingham, in recognition of his

father's services to the country and with remainder to the heirs male of his

father. Fremantle was returned to Parliament for Buckingham in 1826

(succeeding his uncle, William Henry Fremantle), a seat he held

until 1846. He served under Sir Robert Peel as Financial Secretary to the Treasury between

1834 and 1835, as Parliamentary Secretary to the

Treasury between 1841 and 1844, as Secretary at

War between 1844 and 1845 and as Chief Secretary for Ireland between

1845 and 1846. He was sworn of the British Privy Council in

1844 and of the Irish Privy Council in 1845.

Fremantle left the House of Commons in 1846 and was afterwards Deputy Chairman

of the Board of Customs between 1846 and 1847 and

Chairman between 1847 and 1874. He was also as a Justice of the Peace. On 2 March 1874 he

was raised to the peerage as Baron Cottesloe, of Swanbourne and

Hardwick in the County of Buckingham, in recognition of his services.

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