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4 unusual facts about John Hookham Frere


Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas

Traces of foreign influence are observable in El Moro expósito (1833), a narrative poem dedicated to John Hookham Frere; these are still more marked in Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino (first played on 22 March 1835 in Madrid), a drama which emerged from heated literary controversy.

Jerome Inglott

As a result, some time later a General Council was formed with Thomas Maitland himself as Chancellor, John Hookham Frere as President, and Inglott as Rector.

John Hookham Frere

On Canning's promotion to the board of trade in 1809 he succeeded him as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

Samuel Ford Whittingham

He reported constantly throughout these campaigns to the British minister in Spain, John Hookham Frere, as to the state and operations of the Spanish army.



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