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Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle (16 June 1836 – 10 February 1929) was a

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officer who served as

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(at the time, and from 1845 to 1900, formally known as Commander-in-Chief, Devonport).

Naval career

Born a son of

Thomas Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe, 2nd Baron Fremantle, (11 March 1798 – 3 December 1890), known as Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bt, between 1821 and 1874, was a British Tory politician. Early life Cottesloe was the eldest son of ...

and Louisa Elizabeth Nugent, daughter of

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and a descendant, through Louisa's mother Maria Skinner, of the

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and Van Cortlandt family of

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. Fremantle joined the

in 1849.National Maritime Museum
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in 1852 and the

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in 1864. Then in 1861 he became commander in HMS ''Eclipse''. Promoted to captain in 1867, he commanded HMS ''Barracouta'', HMS ''Doris'', HMS ''Lord Warden'' and HMS ''Invincible''. He was made senior naval officer in

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in 1881 and then went on to command HMS ''Dreadnought''.William Loney RN
/ref> He was promoted rear-admiral in 1885 and was made second-in-command of the

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in 1886 and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1888. Promoted to vice-admiral from 1890 he went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1892 and

in 1896. He was promoted to

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later that year and retired in June 1901. Fremantle was granted the honorary office of

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in July 1901, and kept this until 1926. He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the

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in the 1899 Birthday Honours. He was described as "the Father of the British Navy" in ''

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'' magazine. He later joined the

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Family

On 31 August 1866, in Sydney, Edmund married Barberina Rogers Isaacs, eldest daughter of the Hon. Robert Mackintosh Isaacs, solicitor general of New South Wales. The oldest of their five sons, Admiral Sir Sydney Robert Fremantle, was born at sea on 16 November 1867.

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