THOMAS FRANCIS FREMANTLS
Memorial at Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta, Malta
Sacred to the memory
of
Sir Thomas Francis FREMANTLE
of the
Bath, Guelph, Saint Ferdinand and Merit
Saint Michael and Saint George.
Knight Commander of Maria Theresa.
Baron of the Austrian Empire.
And Vice Admiral of the Blue.
Who died at Naples in the Chief Command of His Majesty’s Naval Force in the Mediterranean on the 19 December 1819 in the 54 year of his age.
This monument is erected by Captain A P Green and the Officers of His Majesty’s Ship, Rochfort in which he had his Flag as a testimony of their respect for his character and talents.
He was born in 20 November Aston Abbotts Buckinghamshire 1765 and baptised 14 December 1765 at St John at Hampstead to John and Frances Fremantle, nee Edwards. He died in December 1819 from a sudden illness and was buried at Naples, where his grave can be seen in the Garden of Don Carlo Califano outside the gate of San Gennaro, Naples.
Source for the following extract
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fremantle_(Royal_Navy_officer)
He joined the navy in 1777 aged eleven, aboard the frigate HMS Hussar. Profiting from family influence, active commissions in the American War of Independence and a keen sense of seamanship and aggressive tactical awareness, promotion came easily. He was made a lieutenant on 13 March 1782 while on duty in Jamaica and promoted to commander on 13 November 1790, in command of the sloop HMS Spitfire
