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English diplomatist and author, was born in London on the 21st of May 1769. His father, John Frere,a gentleman of agood Suffolk family, had been educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and would have been senior wrangler in 1763 but for the redoubtable competition of 'Paley'; his mother, daughter of 'John Hookham', a rich London merchant, was a lady of no small culture, accustomed to amuse her leisure with verse-writing. His father’s sister Eleanor, who married Sir John Fenn (1739—1794), the learned editor of the Paston Letters, wrote various educational works for children under the pseudonyms” Mrs Lovechild “and” Mrs Teachwell.” Young Frere was sent to Eton in 1785, and there began an intimacy with Canning which greatly affected his after life. From Eton he went to his father’s college at Cambridge, and graduated BA. in 1792 and MA, in 1795. He entered public service in the foreign office under Lord Grenvilie, and sat from 1796 to 1802 as member of parliament for the close borough of West Looe in Cornwall.
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