Sir Percy Freke, 2nd Baronet (30 April 1700 – 10 April 1728) of West Bilney,

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and Castle Freke,

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, was a

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in the

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and a

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in the

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. His first name was sometimes spelt Peircy. He was the eldest son of Sir Ralph Freke, 1st Baronet, and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of

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, by his second wife, Elizabeth Redman, the daughter and co-heir of Colonel Daniel Redman of Ballylinch, County Kilkenny and Abigail Otway. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in or before 1717.

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(1906)
Complete Baronetage
'. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. . p. 15 He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 27 November 1717, and received the degree of M.A. on 8 May 1721. He was Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for

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from 1721 until his death aged nearly 28 at Dublin on 10 April 1728. He was unmarried, and the title was inherited by his younger and only surviving brother, John Redmond Freke.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Freke, Percy, 2nd Baronet 1700 births 1728 deaths People educated at Kilkenny College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies