Fremantle, William Henry (1831-1916)

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Jane Addams's Own Story of Her Work: Fifteen Years at Hull House (First of Three Installments), March 1906

Autobiographical Notes upon Twenty Years at Hull-House: The Snare of Preparation, May 1910

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Birth Date

1831-12-12

Death Date

1916-12-24

Birthplace

Swanbourne, England

Biographical Text

William Fremantle attended Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, and was then a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He became ordained as a priest in 1855 and became Vicar of Lewknor in 1857. He was then Chaplain to Archibald Campbell, Bishop of London. In 1882, Fremantle was appointed Cathedral Canon at Canterbury and appointed Archdeacon of Maidstone in 1887. In 1895, he became Dean of Ripon. In 1902 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Botanic Society of London.

Fremantle married Isabella Maria Eardley in 1863. They had numerous children together. After Isabella's death, Fremantle remarried to Sophia Stuart in 1901. Fremantle himself died in 1916.

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Clergyman

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

Gender

Male

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1906

Bibliography and Links

"Death Of Dr. W. H. Fremantle. Dean Of Ripon For 20 Years," Obituaries, The Times, December 26, 1916, p. 4.

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The Times

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William H. Fremantle, 1891 England Census

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“Fremantle, William Henry (1831-1916),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 7, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/4217.