Philip Howard Frere (1813–1868) was an English academic and writer on agricultural matters.

Life

He was the eldest son of

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 ...

and his wife Mary, daughter of Brampton Gurdon Dillingham. Educated at

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, C ...

and

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, in 1836 he gained a first class in the

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. He took

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, but never held a benefice. In 1837 Frere was elected a Fellow of

Downing College, Cambridge Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 650 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to Cambridge University between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the olde ...

and in 1839 became tutor and bursar there. Downing's endowments were mostly agricultural land, the management of which was the bursar's task. Frere knew farming from his father's estate at

Balsham Balsham is a rural village and civil parish in the county of Cambridgeshire, England, which has much expanded since the 1960s and is now one of several dormitory settlements of Cambridge. The village is south east of the centre of Cambridge be ...

, Cambridgeshire, and he travelled in Europe. Frere's combination of agricultural knowledge and foreign languages led to his appointment as editor of the ''Journal'' of the Royal Agricultural Society in 1862. He ran the ''Journal'' with success, himself contributing papers, till his death at Cambridge in May 1868.

Family

Frere married in 1859 Emily, daughter of Henry Gipps, canon of Carlisle Cathedral, and vicar of

Crosthwaite Crosthwaite is a small village located in the Parish of Crosthwaite and Lyth, South Lakeland, Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Coun ...

. There were five children of the marriage, three sons including

Walter Howard 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 ...

, and two daughters. The family were left orphans, when Emily Frere died two years after her husband.

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Frere, Philip Howard 1813 births 1868 deaths People educated at Eton College Fellows of Downing College, Cambridge English agriculturalists English writers English magazine editors Philip Howard