William Henry Fremantle (12 December 1831 – 24 December 1916) was an Anglican priest who served as Archdeacon of Maidstone in 1887, and as Dean of Ripon 1895–1915.

Ecclesiastical career

The second son of

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, (and a nephew of William Fremantle, his predecessor at Ripon) he was educated at Eton and Balliol. A

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of All Souls College, Oxford, he was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform ...

in 1855 and two years later became

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. He was then Chaplain to Archibald Campbell Tait, Bishop of London, and went with him in the same post when he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury seven years later. Appointed to be a

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in 1882, and Archdeacon of Maidstone in 1887, in 1895 he became Dean of Ripon. He retired in 1915 and died a year later on Christmas Eve 1916. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Botanic Society of London in 1902.

Family

Fremantle married Isabella Maria Eardley, daughter of Sir Culling Eardley. Mrs. Fremantle took an active part in charitable work in the dioceses her husband was appointed to, and her work among the sick poor was well known. She died, aged 66, in July 1901. Their second son Sir Francis Edward Fremantle was a Conservative politician.

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* * 1831 births 1916 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford 19th-century English Anglican priests Deans of Ripon Canons of Canterbury Younger sons of barons {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub