Thomas Fremantle, 3rd Baron Cottesloe
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Thomas Francis Fremantle, 3rd Baron Cottesloe, 4th Baron Fremantle (5 February 1862 – 9 July 1956) was a Baron
in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
and an Austria
n nobleman. He was the son of Thomas Francis Fremantle, 2nd Baron Cottesloe and a direct descendant of Admiral
Thomas Fremantle.
Baron Cottesloe had a lifelong devotion to the armed forces
and as well as commanding the Territorial Army he was also an Honorary Colonel of the Buckinghamshire
battalion
of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He was an expert shot using the rifle
and published three books on the subject. He was also on the War Office Small Arms Committee. He shot in the English Eight for twenty seven years and was its Captain from 1920 until his death.
He lived at Swanbourne
in Buckinghamshire. The house in which he lived is still the home of his descendants today.
Baron
Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...
in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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and an Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n nobleman. He was the son of Thomas Francis Fremantle, 2nd Baron Cottesloe and a direct descendant of Admiral
Admiral
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Thomas Fremantle.
Baron Cottesloe had a lifelong devotion to the armed forces
Armed forces
The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external aggressors. In some countries paramilitary...
and as well as commanding the Territorial Army he was also an Honorary Colonel of the Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
battalion
Battalion
A battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...
of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He was an expert shot using the rifle
Rifle
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile , imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the...
and published three books on the subject. He was also on the War Office Small Arms Committee. He shot in the English Eight for twenty seven years and was its Captain from 1920 until his death.
He lived at Swanbourne
Swanbourne
Swanbourne is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about two miles east of Winslow, three miles west of Stewkley, on the secondary road B4032.-History:...
in Buckinghamshire. The house in which he lived is still the home of his descendants today.