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Sir Charles Fremantle Papers
Catalogue reference: MINT 23
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MINT 23
Papers of Sir Charles Fremantle as Deputy Master of the Royal Mint relating mainly to the coinage; the proposed re-siting of the Royal Mint; and the Branch Mints in Australia.
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MINT 23
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Title (The name of the record)
- Sir Charles Fremantle Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1869-1894
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers of Sir Charles Fremantle as Deputy Master of the Royal Mint relating mainly to the coinage; the proposed re-siting of the Royal Mint; and the Branch Mints in Australia.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Fremantle, Charles William, 1834-1914
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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60 files and papers
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Sir Charles Fremantle was Deputy Master of the Royal Mint from 1868 to 1894. He assumed overall control in 1870 upon the death of the former Master, Thomas Graham. However Fremantle retained the title of Deputy Master, the Mastership being vested in the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In 1870 Fremantle submitted, jointly with C Rivers Wilson a memorandum to the House of Commons upon the workings of the Mint which was subsequently reorganized.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11035/
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