Ralph Freman (1666–1742)

Freman was the eldest son of Ralph Freman, MP of Aspenden and his wife Elizabeth Aubrey (died 1720), daughter of Sir John Aubrey, 1st Baronet of Llantrithyd, Glamorgan.

He was educated privately under the pious James Bonnell and Daniel Duckfield, and travelled abroad in Holland, France and Italy from about 1678 to 1684.

He was very active politically, tightening his grip on his own constituency, and speaking and participating in parliamentary business in the House.

He was a Tory who supported the Hanoverian succession, and was said to have refused the offer of a seat on the Admiralty Board.

He subsequently colluded with the Whigs in promoting William Plumer to defeat Caesar at the following election.