Thomas Francis Fremantle, 2nd Baron Cottesloe, 3rd Baron Fremantle (30 January 1830 – 13 April 1918), was a British businessman and

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politician.

Biography

Early life

Thomas Francis Fremantle was born on 30 January 1830. He was the eldest 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 the grandson of Vice-Admiral Thomas Fremantle and

Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (19 April 1778 – 2 November 1857) was born at Falkingham, now Folkingham, Lincolnshire, and died in or near Nice in France. She was the main author of the extensive ''Wynne Diaries'' and wife of the Royal Navy officer ...

, the diarist. His mother was Louisa Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Nugent and a descendant of the Schuyler family and the Van Cortlandt family of

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Career

He entered Parliament as one of three representatives for Buckinghamshire in an 1876 by-election (succeeding the ennobled

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), a seat he held until 1885. He was also involved in business and became a director of the

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in January 1868, and served as its chairman from June 1896 to February 1908. He was chairman of the

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until 1904.

Personal life and death

He married Lady Augusta Henrietta, daughter of John Scott, 2nd Earl of Eldon, in 1859. She died in 1906. He survived her by twelve years and died in April 1918, at the age of eighty-eight. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * *

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