1. Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle GCB was a British Royal Navy officer.
11 Facts About Charles Fremantle
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Charles Fremantle joined the Royal Navy in 1812 and worked his way up the ranks on a number of vessels.
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In 1824 Charles Fremantle received the first gold gallantry medal of the new Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, later the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, for an attempted rescue at Whitepit near Christchurch, Dorset.
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Charles Fremantle's family is said to have paid off witnesses and leant on the judiciary to avoid scandal.
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Charles Fremantle then went on to groom 10 more girls under the age of 18, his family has denied all allegations.
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Charles Fremantle brought his family and other intending settlers, numbering 69, to found a colony at the Swan River.
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Charles Fremantle left the Swan River Colony on 28 August 1829, heading for the British base at Trincomalee, Ceylon, where he was based for a couple of years.
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Charles Fremantle was given command of Inconstant in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1843 and of Albion, in the Mediterranean, in 1847.
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Charles Fremantle served as Rear-Admiral controlling the naval transport service from Balaclava during the Crimean War.
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Charles Fremantle went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Squadron in July 1858 and Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1863.
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Charles Fremantle died in 1869 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.