Freeling, Sir Francis, (1764-1836), postal reformer

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Surname:	Freeling
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Francis
Gender:	Male
Date:	1764-1836
History:	Postal reformer; helped Palmer to improve his mail coach system in 1785; for many years was Secretary of the General Post Office. Created baronet in 1828.
Biography:	ODNB link for Freeling, Sir Francis (1764-1836) 1st Baronet Postal Reformer
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275661 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P134286 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Francis Freeling

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1820-1823: Post Office: Marquis of Salisbury: correspondence	The Postal Museum	POST 99
2	1798-1836: corresp and papers	The Postal Museum	POST 98	See Guide to Post Office Archives, 1986
3	1798-1835: corresp (31 items)	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		NRA 26804 Freeling
4	1794-1834: corresp (34 items)	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		NRA 18661 Osborn coll
5	1819-36: corresp with Blackwoods	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 4004-4717 passim
6	1822-27: corresp with George Canning	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds		NRA 9205 Canning
7	1812-23: corresp with Lord Liverpool and R Willimott	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 38248, 38286-88, 38367, 38474
8	1813-31: corresp with Sir Robert Peel	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40186-402 passim
9	1830-36: letters (467) to Duke of Richmond	West Sussex Record Office	vol 3	NRA 850 Gordon Lennox
10	1811: letters from Thomas Reynolds	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett d 40
11	1811-31: letters to Sir Walter Scott	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 3880-3917 passim
12	1801-33: letters (12) to Earl Spencer	British Library, Manuscript Collections		NRA 10410 Spencer
13	letters and diaries	Haringey Archive Service		See Hepworth, "Select Biographical Sources", 1971