Sir Evelyn Freeth (25 May 1846 – 16 September 1911) was an English civil servant who became an expert on death duties.
In his youth he was a keen sportsman who played football against Scotland in the first representative match in March 1870.
[1] He married Florence Thompson Oakes at St. Andrew's, Haverstock Hill, Middlesex on 10 May 1870.
[2] 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.
[4][5] 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".