Evelyn Freeth

Freeth was born at Welbeck Street, London W1, the son of Charles Freeth (1816–1884) and Anna Elizabeth Turner (1819–1878). His father was a manager for Sun Fire Insurance.{{cite web|title=Evelyn Freeth (1846–1911)|url=http://freethnotes.net/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Evelyn+Freeth+1846|publisher=Freeth notes|access-date=16 August 2011|date=4 February 2009}}

He was educated at Eton College from where he joined the Civil Service in 1864.

He married Florence Thompson Oakes at St. Andrew's, Haverstock Hill, Middlesex on 10 May 1870. They had eight children, including Robert (1886–1979), who became headmaster of Guildford Grammar School, Perth, Western Australia in 1928 and archdeacon and assistant bishop at St. George's Cathedral, Perth in the 1950s.{{cite web|title=Robert Evelyn Freeth (1886–1979) |url=http://freethnotes.net/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Robert+Freeth+1886|work=Freeth notes|access-date=15 August 2011}} Robert's son, Gordon (1914–2001), won a gold medal for Australia in the Men's Coxed fours (rowing) at the 1938 British Empire Games.{{cite web|title=1938 Australian Team and Results|url=http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/Templates/Games_pastGames1938_AustralianTeamsResults.pdf|publisher=commonwealthgames.org.au|access-date=16 August 2011|pages=5–6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927172251/http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/Templates/Games_pastGames1938_AustralianTeamsResults.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead}}

Freeth was a member of the Civil Service Football Club. In March 1870, he was selected to represent England in the first pseudo-international against Scotland organised by C. W. Alcock and Arthur F. Kinnaird; he had previously represented London in a match against Edinburgh.

The first "international" was played at Kennington Oval on 5 March 1870, with Freeth playing as a "back"; the match ended in a 1–1 draw.{{cite web|title=England 1 Scotland 1 |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1869-70/M00UOSco1870.html |work=England Unofficial Matches |publisher=englandfootballonline.com |access-date=14 August 2011 |date=5 March 1870 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807083225/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1869-70/M00UOSco1870.html |archive-date=7 August 2011 }}{{cite web|title=England 1 Scotland 1 (Match summary) |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/games/18700305.html|publisher=londonhearts.com|access-date=14 August 2011|date=5 March 1870}} The match report in The Sporting Gazette of Saturday 12 March 1870 said "For England...Messrs E. Freeth and E. Lubbock were also very effective as backs", while the Glasgow Herald said "among the English, A. Baker, E. Lubbock and E. Freeth were the most prominent".{{cite web|title=England 1 Scotland 1 (Match report) |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1870/1870030502.htm|publisher=londonhearts.com|access-date=14 August 2011 |date=5 March 1870}}

Freeth was also a member of the Wanderers club.{{cite book | title=The Wanderers F.C. – "Five times F.A. Cup winners"|last= Cavallini|first= Rob | publisher= Dog N Duck Publications |year=2005| isbn=0-9550496-0-1|page=143}}

In 1864, he entered the Legacy and Succession Duty Office at Somerset House. He became Deputy Controller, Legacy & Succession Duties, Ireland in 1884, Registrar of Estate Duties, Ireland in 1900 and Registrar of the Estate Duty Office at Somerset House from September 1902 to 1908.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Appointment|date=3 September 1902 |page=7 |issue=36863}}

Shortly before his retirement in 1908, he was honoured with a knighthood by King Edward VII.{{London Gazette|issue=28162 |page=5530|date=28 July 1908}} Following his retirement, he moved to New Milton in Hampshire where he died in 1911.

His published writings include:

• "A Guide to the New Death Duty with an introduction and Forms" (1894, as Deputy Controller of Legacy and Succession Duties){{cite book|last=Freeth|first=Evelyn|title=A Guide to the New Death Duty Chargeable Under Part I of the Finance Act, 1894|orig-year=1894|year=2010|publisher=Lightning Source UK Ltd|isbn=978-1-240-06576-9}}
• Joint editor of Trevor's Taxes on Succession
• A Digest of Death-Duty Cases Compiled for Official Use (1897, co-author with W. Pitt-Bremner)
• Death Duty Acts (2nd ed., 1897)
• Freeth's Death Duties (4th ed., 1908)Full title: The Acts Relating to the Estate Duty Including Finance Act 1907, by Sir Evelyn Freeth, Secretary of the Estate Duty Office, Assisted by Charles Robert Elliott of the Estate Duty Office.{{cite book|last=Freeth |first=Evelyn|title=The Acts Relating to the Estate Duty and Other Death Duties|orig-year=1907|year=2010|publisher=Lightning Source UK Ltd|isbn=978-1-240-13864-7}}

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