Sir Francis Freeling, first baronet

(1764-1836)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Freeling, Francis, Sir, 1764-1836 NRA: Freeling Sir Francis (1764-1836) 1st Baronet Postal Reformer DNB: Freeling, Sir Francis, first baronet (1764-1836), postal administrator and book collector LBT ID: FrFreel1836 VIAF ID: 12737560 LOC ID: n88087039	B/BAP: 1764-08-25 DIED: 1836-07-10
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Postal reformer and member of the Roxburghe Club; he was secretary to the General Post Office. He was a friend of William Jerdan and Sir Walter Scott.
REFERENCES TO Sir Francis Freeling, first baronet: Walter Scott to J. B. S. Morritt of Rokeby, 29 November 1812 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to George Ellis, [9 January 1813] in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 William Todd to William Jerdan, 29 April 1815 in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Long to William Jerdan, [1816?] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Found 1: ¶ 3 Walter Scott to Daniel Terry, 18 April 1816 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 William Taylor to William Jerdan, [February 1817] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to Walter Scott, jun., 13 August 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to Daniel Terry, 10 November 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to James Ballantyne, 28 March 1820 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Sir Walter Scott to Alan Cunningham, 14 November 1820 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 4 Sir Walter Scott to Daniel Terry, 5 October 1822 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter I 1812-13 Chapter I 1816 Chapter VI 1818 Found 1: ¶ 19 Chapter IX 1819 Chapter XII 1820 Chapter II 1820-21 Chapter IX 1822-23 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 18: Mr. Perceval Found 1: ¶ 9 Ch. 21: Sun Anecdotes Found 1: ¶ 3 Ch. 22: Paris in 1814 Found 1: ¶ 5 Ch. 24: Byron Found 1: ¶ 5 Ch. 4: Amusements Found 2: ¶ 3 ¶ 4 Ch. 5: Misfortune Found 1: ¶ 5 Ch. 6: Shreds & Patches Found 1: ¶ 12 Ch. 7: A Character Found 1: ¶ 3 Ch. 8: Varieties Found 2: ¶ 5 ¶ 11 Ch. 12: Litigation Ch. 13: The Sun Found 6: ¶ 1 ¶ 2 ¶ 3 ¶ 11 ¶ 17 ¶ 19 Ch. 14: Literary Gazette Found 1: ¶ 1 Ch. 4: Coleridge Found 1: ¶ n2 Ch. 6: Wm Gifford Found 1: ¶ 2 Ch. 10: The R.S.L. Found 1: ¶ 28 Ch. 19: James Perry Found 4: ¶ 5 ¶ 7 ¶ 9 ¶ 36 Ch. 2: Personal Notes Found 1: ¶ 23 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VIII. Found 1: ¶ 33 Chapter I. Found 1: ¶ 18 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 9 Found 1: ¶ 24 Chapter 11 Found 1: ¶ 1 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXX. Found 1: ¶ 19 Chap. XXXII. Found 1: ¶ 20