Frere is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander Stuart Frere Alexander Stuart Frere (born Frere-Reeves; 23 November 1892 – 3 October 1984) was an English publisher who was highly influential in the interwar and post-Second World War period. He was chairman of the board of William Heinemann Ltd and help ...

(1892–1984), English publisher *

Bartholomew Frere Bartholomew Frere (30 November 1776 – 29 May 1851) was an English diplomat. Life Frere was born in 1776, the fifth son of John Frere, F.R.S., M.P. for Norwich, and a younger brother of John Hookham Frere and William Frere. He proceeded B.A. at ...

(1776–1851), English diplomat * Henry Frere (1830–1881), English cricketer *Sir

Henry Bartle Frere Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet, (29 March 1815 – 29 May 1884) was a Welsh British colonial administrator. He had a successful career in India, rising to become Governor of Bombay (1862–1867). However, as High Commissioner for ...

(1815–1884), British colonial administrator *

James Frere James Arnold Frere (20 April 1920 – 26 November 1994) was an English herald who was officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Biography He was the only son of John Geoffrey Frere of Hartley and Violet Ivy Sparks. Following military se ...

(1920–1994), Chester Herald at the College of Arms in London *

James Hatley Frere James Hatley Frere (1779–1866) was an English writer on prophecy and developer of a tactile alphabet system for teaching the blind to read. Life Frere was the sixth son of John Frere, of Roydon, South Norfolk, and Beddington, Surrey, by Jane, ...

(1779–1866), English writer on prophecy *

John Frere John Frere (10 August 1740 – 12 July 1807) was an English antiquary and a pioneering discoverer of Old Stone Age or Lower Palaeolithic tools in association with large extinct animals at Hoxne, Suffolk in 1797. Life Frere was born in Royd ...

(1740–1807), English antiquary *

John Hookham Frere John Hookham Frere (21 May 1769 – 7 January 1846) was an English diplomat and author. Early life Frere was born in London. His father, John Frere, a member of a Suffolk family, had been educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and became Sec ...

(1769–1846), English diplomat, author and poet *

Mary Frere Mary Eliza Isabella Frere (1845–1911) (nickname ''May'') was an English author of works regarding India. In 1868 Frere published the first English-language field-collected book of Indian storytales, ''Old Deccan Days''. Early life Frere was bo ...

(1845–1911), English writer *

Sheppard Frere Sheppard Sunderland Frere, CBE, FSA, FBA (23 August 1916 – 26 February 2015) was a British historian and archaeologist who studied the Roman Empire. He was a fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. Biography The son of Noel Gray Frere, of the ...

(1916–2015), British historian and archaeologist *

Tobias Frere-Jones Tobias Frere-Jones (born Tobias Edgar Mallory Jones; August 28, 1970) is an American type designer who works in New York City. He operates the company Frere-Jones Type and teaches typeface design at the Yale School of Art MFA program. Among his ty ...

(born 1970), American typeface designer and design educator *

Toby Frere Vice Admiral Sir Richard Tobias Frere (born Frere-Reeves; 4 June 1938 – 5 March 2020) was a Royal Navy officer who ended his career as Chief of Fleet Support. Early life and education Frere was born in London, the son of publisher Alex ...

(1938–2020), Royal Navy vice-admiral *

Walter Frere Walter Howard Frere (23 November 1863 – 2 April 1938) was a co-founder of the Anglican religious order the Community of the Resurrection, Mirfield, and Bishop of Truro (1923–1935). Biography Frere was born in Cambridge, England, on 23 Nov ...

(1863–1938), British Anglican bishop *

William Frere William Frere (28 November 1775 – 25 May 1836), was an English lawyer and academic, a law-serjeant and Master of Downing College, Cambridge. Life Frere was the fourth son of John Frere of Roydon, South Norfolk, and younger brother of John Ho ...

(1775–1836), English lawyer and academic

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