Freeling, Sir Francis, first baronet
(1764–1836)
- G. B. Smith
- , revised by Jean Farrugia
Extract
Freeling, Sir Francis, first baronet (1764–1836), postal administrator and book collector, was born at 24 Redcliffe Hill, Bristol, on 25 August 1764, the son of a journeyman sugar baker. Freeling began his career in the Bristol post office, where he witnessed the successful trial, in 1784, of ...
