Commander John Tapling Fremantle, 5th Baron Cottesloe, 6th Baron Fremantle, (22 January 1927 – 21 May 2018) was a British baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Biography

Early life

John Fremantle was born on 22 January 1927, the son of

John Walgrave Halford Fremantle, 4th Baron Cottesloe John Walgrave Halford Fremantle, 4th Baron Cottesloe, 5th Baron Fremantle, Order of the British Empire, GBE, Territorial Decoration, TD (2 March 1900 – 21 April 1994) was a British aristocrat and public official. He served as the Chairman of the ...

(1900–1994) and Lady Elizabeth Harris, daughter of

James Edward Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury James Edward Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury DL (18 December 1872 – 12 June 1950), styled Viscount FitzHarris from 1889 to 1899, was a British peer and conservative politician. Malmesbury was the eldest son of Edward Harris, 4th Earl of Ma ...

and Dorothy Gough-Calthorpe. Both his parents were descendants of American Loyalist members of the Dutch

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and Van Cortlandt families of

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. Fremantle was educated at

Summer Fields School Summer Fields is a fee-paying boys' independent day and boarding preparatory school in Summertown, Oxford. It was originally called Summerfield and used to have a subsidiary school, Summerfields, St Leonards-on-Sea (known as "Summers mi"). H ...

and

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...

Career

He followed the family tradition set by his ancestor Admiral Thomas Fremantle and joined the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

in 1945. He commanded HMS ''Palliser'' between 1959 and 1961, retiring from the Navy in 1966 with the rank of Commander. He was

High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire The High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'. Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the ...

in 1969. He inherited on the death of his father in 1994 the British peerage title

Baron Cottesloe Baron Cottesloe, of Swanbourne and Hardwick in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 2 March 1874 for the Conservative politician and former Chief Secretary for Ireland, Sir Thomas Fre ...

. He also inherited the Austrian noble title "Baron Fremantle", which was an authorized title in the United Kingdom for his lifetime by Warrant of 27 April 1932. He was

Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire There has been a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire almost continuously since the position was created by Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII in 1535. The only exception to this was the English Civil War and English Interregnum between 1643 and ...

between 1984 and 1997. A justice of the peace for Buckinghamshire from 1984, he resided at Swanbourne, where he was commonly referred to as 'The Commander'.

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Ann Barker, daughter of Lt.-Colonel Henry Shelly Barker, on 26 April 1958. They had two daughters and one son: * Hon. Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (b. 15 February 1959) * Hon. Frances Ann Fremantle (b. 7 June 1961) * Thomas Henry Fremantle, 6th Baron Cottesloe (b. 17 March 1966) He was the father-in-law of

Iain Duncan Smith Sir George Iain Duncan Smith (born George Ian Duncan Smith; 9 April 1954), often referred to by his initials IDS, is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2003. He was ...

, who is married to his daughter, Elizabeth "Betsy" Fremantle, and they have four children. He died on 21 May 2018 at the age of 91.Fremantle
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of the

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1927 births 2018 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom English justices of the peace High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire Knights of the Order of St John Lord-Lieutenants of Buckinghamshire People educated at Eton College People educated at Summer Fields School People from Aylesbury Vale Royal Navy officers British people of Dutch descent Gough-Calthorpe family Schuyler family Van Cortlandt family Eldest sons of British hereditary barons Barons of Austria {{UK-baron-stub Cottesloe