Historical records matching Hon. Sir Charles William Fremantle
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About Hon. Sir Charles William Fremantle
Charles William Fremantle was a British governmental official who served 26 years as deputy master of the Royal Mint. As the chancellor of the exchequer was ex officio master of the Royal Mint beginning in 1870, Fremantle was its executive head for almost a quarter century.
Educated at Eton College, Fremantle entered the Treasury in 1853 as a clerk. He served as private secretary to several officials, lastly Benjamin Disraeli, both while Disraeli was chancellor of the exchequer, and then in 1868 while he was prime minister. Disraeli's appointment of Fremantle as deputy master of the Royal Mint excited some controversy but was supported by his political rival William Gladstone.
Fremantle began as deputy master to Thomas Graham, the master of the Mint. Graham died in September 1869, and the Treasury decided the mastership should go to the chancellor of the day, with the deputy master the administrative head of the Royal Mint. Fremantle began work to modernise the antiquated Royal Mint. Much of the work had to wait until the Royal Mint was reconstructed at its premises at Tower Hill in 1882. Fremantle sought to beautify the coinage and, believing the Mint's engraver, Leonard Charles Wyon, not up to the task, sought to do so by resurrecting classic coin designs, like Benedetto Pistrucci's depiction of St George and the dragon for the sovereign.
In 1894, at the age of sixty, Fremantle retired from the Royal Mint and thereafter spent time as a corporate director and as a magistrate. He died in 1914, just under two months after his eightieth birthday. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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1871 England & Wales Census
Indexed as Charles W Fremantle
Birth: Circa 1835 - Buckinghamshire, England
Residence: 1871 - Eaton Place, West, Westminster, London-Middlesex, England
Wife: Sophia Fremantle
1881 England & Wales Census
Indexed as Honk* Charles W Freemantle
Birth: Circa 1835 - Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire
Residence: 1881 - 11 Royal Mint, St Botolph Without Aldgate, London, England
Wife: Honk* Sophia Freemantle
Children: Margaret A Freemantle, Ronald A Freemantle, Charles A Freemantle
1891 England & Wales Census
Indexed as Honble Sir Charles W K C B Freemantle
Birth: Circa 1835 - Swan Hoorne, Buckinghamshire
Residence: 1891 - Surrey House, Queens Road, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Wife: Sophia Honble Lady Freemantle
Children: Margaret W Freemantle, Charles A Freemantle
1911 England & Wales Census
Indexed as Charles William Hon Sir K C B Fremantle
Birth: Circa 1835 - Swanbourne Bucks, Buckinghamshire
Residence: Apr 2 1911 - 4. Lower Sloane Street, Chelsea, London, England
Wife: Sophia Hon Lady Fremantle
Hon. Sir Charles William Fremantle's Timeline
1834 |
August 12, 1834
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Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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1866 |
November 26, 1866
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1872 |
October 23, 1872
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1878 |
March 15, 1878
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1914 |
October 8, 1914
Age 80
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At home, 4 Sloane Street, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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