Sir Bartle Henry Temple Frere (26 August 1862 – 20 February 1953) was a British barrister and colonial judge who served as

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from 1914 to 1922.

Biography

The son of the Rev. Henry Temple Frere, rector of

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, Frere was educated at

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, where he was a junior a senior

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, and

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, where he read law and graduated in 1884. He was

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in 1887 and joined the South-Eastern Circuit. Having decided to enter colonial service, he was first sent to

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, where he became president of the district court at

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in 1897 and of the court in

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in 1899. In 1902, he was transferred to

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, where he spent the remainder his legal career. He was police magistrate and

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from 1902 until 1911, when he was made Attorney-General of Gibraltar and a KC for the colony. As Attorney-General, he also acted as legal adviser to the British minister in Morocco and to the

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and the

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in Gibraltar. He was made

in 1914, and served until 1922. He was

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in 1918. Retiring to Norfolk, he participated in the government of the county, and served as vice-chairman of the

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. He was

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in 1930. From 1938 to 1941, he was county controller of civil defence. Frere married his cousin, Gwendolen Winslow Frere (died 1950), younger daughter of John Tudor Frere, in 1896. They had a son and a daughter. Frere was the author of a work entitled ''The Laws of Gibraltar''. He was also a noted authority on the flora of Gibraltar, and published a book on the subject in 1910.{{Cite book , last=Desmond , first=Ray , title=Dictionary of British and Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including Plant Collectors, Flower Painters and Garden Designers , publisher=

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and The

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1862 births Knights Bachelor People from Norfolk People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 19th-century English lawyers 20th-century English lawyers Members of Lincoln's Inn English barristers Gibraltarian King's Counsel British Cyprus judges Attorneys-General of Gibraltar Chief justices of Gibraltar Members of Norfolk County Council High Sheriffs of Norfolk 1953 deaths