Thomas Fremantle (Royal Navy officer)


Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Fremantle

Sir Thomas Fremantle
Born20 November 1765
Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England
Died19 December 1819 (aged 54)
Naples, Italy
Place of burial
Garden of Don Carlo Califano, Naples, Italy
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankVice-Admiral
CommandsHMS Spitfire
HMS Tartar
HMS Inconstant
HMS Ganges
HMS Neptune
Adriatic Sea
Battles/warsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Fremantle, Bt GCB GCH (20 November 1765 – 19 December 1819) was a British Royal Navy officer and nobleman whose accolades include three separate fleet actions, a close friendship with Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson and being granted an Austrian barony. He was the father of Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle, after whom the city Fremantle in Western Australia is named for.


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