Edmund Seymour Denis Fremantle (1904 - abt. 1980)

Born 2 Jun 1904 in Sussex, England

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Died about 1980 at about age 75 in Plymouth, Devon, England

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Biography

Commander Edmund Seymour Denis Fremantle was born on June 2, 1904, the son of Admiral Sir Sydney Robert Fremantle and Lelia Hope Fremantle.

Edmund would marry twice in his life. On June 26, 1928 he married his first wife, Dorothy Clare Haldane Sinclair, the daughter of Major W. M. Sinclair.

Edmund and Dorothy would have the following children:

Robert Edmund Sinclair Fremantle (1929-1930)

Ann Penelope (Fremantle) Morgia (1931- )

Charles Alan Fremantle (1935- )

Sydney Walter Fremantle (1936- )

Edmund and Dorothy Clare Haldane Sinclair were divorced in 1943.

On April 3, 1946, Edmund married his second wife, Edna Maud Cusselle, the daughter of Albert John Tweed Cusselle.

Edmund and Edna would have two sons:

Richard William Fremantle (1948- )

Stephen Antony Fremantle (1950- )

Edmund fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches twice. Sometime prior to 1940, Edmund was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He is mentioned in a dispatch in September, 1940, while serving on the HMS Warspite [1]. Edmund was still a Lieutenant Commander in June of 1944 [2]. And also in 1944, Edmund was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.).

He would eventually gain the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy.

Edmund died in 1980.

Sources

• The Peerage Profile on Commander Edmund Seymour Denis Fremantle [3]

• Edmund is mentioned in his father's Wikipedia Biography [4]

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2F6T-F45 : 1 October 2014), Edmund S D Fremantle, 1904; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Westhampnett, Sussex, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8M-H51M : 8 October 2014), Edmund S D Fremantle and null, 1928; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1928, quarter 2, vol. 2B, p. 1212, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ9-P2L2 : 4 September 2014), Edmund Seymour D Fremantle, 1980; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Plymouth, Devon, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

See Also

• Geni Profile on Commander Edmund Seymour Denis Fremantle [5]