Death
Upon his return Frere replied to the charges relating to his conduct with regard to Afghanistan as well as South Africa, previously referred to in Gladstone's Midlothian speeches, and was preparing a fuller vindication when he died at Wimbledon from the effect of a severe chill on 29 May 1884. He was buried in St Paul's Cathedral. He had married on 10 October 1844 Catherine, daughter of Sir George Arthur.
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