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| Edmund Robert Fremantle R.N. | Explanation |
| Fourth son of Thomas Francis Fremantle, first Baron Cottesloe (1798-1890) |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 16 June 1836 | | Born (London) |
| 1866 | | Married Barberina Rogers (died 1923), eldest daughter of the Hon. Robert McIntosh Isaacs, of Sydney |
| 1874 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) |
| 1874 | | C.M.G. (Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George) |
| 1889 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
| 1899 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
| 10 February 1929 | | Died (London) |
| Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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| Date | Rank |
| 14 January 1857 | Lieutenant |
| 9 July 1861 | Commander |
| 15 April 1867 | Captain |
| 7 April 1885 | Rear-Admiral |
| 30 August 1890 | Vice-Admiral |
| 10 October 1896 | Admiral |
| 15 June 1901 | Retired Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| July 1858 | October 1858 | Lieutenant in Renown, Channel squadron (als flag-lieutenant to his uncle, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle) |
| October 1858 | October 1860 | Lieutenant in Royal Albert, Channel squadron (als flag-lieutenant to his uncle, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle) |
| 7 November 1860 | | Lieutenant in Neptune, commanded by Frederick Archibald Campbell, Mediterranean |
| 16 February 1861 | | Commander in Eclipse, Australia |
| March 1873 | May 1874 | Captain in Barracouta, west coast of Africa (in command of a squadron of seven small vessels at Cape Coast Castle) |
| 11 September 1874 | 4 September 1876 | Captain in Doris (until paying off at Plymouth), 1873 Flying Squadron |
| 15 May 1877 | November 1879 | Captain in Lord Warden, Channel squadron, then (1878) Reserve squadron |
| May 1879 | | Captain in Invincible, Mediterranean |
| January 1881 | 1884 | Senior naval officer at Gibraltar |
| August 1884 | April 1885 | Captain in Dreadnought |
| August 1886 | August 1887 | Second in command, Channel squadron (flag in Agincourt) |
| 25 February 1888 | 26 February 1891 | Commander-in-chief, East Indies (flag in Bacchante, then Boadicea) |
| 16 February 1892 | 28 May 1895 | Commander-in-chief, China |
| 10 June 1896 | 10 June 1899 | Commander-in-chief, Devonport |
The Mid-Victorian Royal Navy
