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[[File:George Hamilton Freeling, All Saints Church, Bulandshahr.jpg|thumb|George Hamilton Freeling, plaque in [[All Saints Church, Bulandshahr]]]]

'''George Hamilton Freeling''' (9 February 1831 - 6 June 1861) was a [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|British civil servant]] of the [[Indian Civil Service]] (ICS) and [[District magistrate|collector]] at [[Bulandshahr district|Bulandshahr]], India. He was succeeded by [[William Lowe (civil servant)|William Lowe]].

Freeling collected a large number of ancient coins found at [[Bulandshahr]]. He was a recipient of an [[Indian Mutiny Medal]].

==Early life and family==
George Freeling was born in [[London]] on 9 February 1831{{citation required|date=June 2023}} to George Henry and Jane Freeling.<ref name=christ/> He was christened on 15 March 1831 at [[St Botolph's, Aldersgate]], London.<ref name=christ>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVZL-LN5 George Hamilton Freeling Vital • England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.] FamilySearch. Retrieved 4 June 2023. {{subscription required}}</ref>

==Career==
Freeling was a civil servant of the [[Indian Civil Service]] (ICS) and [[District magistrate|collector]] at [[Bulandshahr district|Bulandshahr]], India. He was succeeded by [[William Lowe (civil servant)|William Lowe]].<ref name=Nevill1922>{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H. R. |title=District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh Bulandshar Vol-V |date=1922 |publisher=Government Branch Press |location=Lucknow |page=118|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.1361/page/n129/mode/2up?q=freeling}}</ref><ref name=Danvers1894>{{Cite book |last=Danvers |first=Frederick Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwkOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA445 |title=Memorials of Old Haileybury College |last2=Monier-Williams |first2=Sir Monier |last3=Bayley |first3=Sir Steuart Colvin |last4=Wigram |first4=Percy |last5=Sapte |first5=Brand |date=1894 |publisher=A. Constable |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Daniel1869>{{cite book |last1=Daniel |first1=C. A. |title=Settlement of Boolundshuhur |date=1869 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ZoIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA5-PA5 |language=en}}</ref> He collected a large number of ancient coins found at Bulandshahr.<ref name=Atkinson1876>{{cite book |last1=Atkinson |first1=Edwin Thomas |title=Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-Western Provinces of India: 3.:Meerut division part 2 |date=1876 |publisher=North-Western Provinces Government |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Statistical_Descriptive_and_Historical_A/G9jaXsOc-tEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Freeling+bulandshahr&pg=PA129&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> He was previously magistrate, collector and deputy commissioner at [[Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh|Hamirpur]].<ref name=Dod1862>{{Cite book |last=Dod |first=Robert P. |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Vd5kAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA271 |title=“The” Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland: For ... ; Including All the Titled Classes |date=1862 |publisher=Whittaker |location=London |pages=271 |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
He was a recipient of an [[Indian Mutiny Medal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=An interesting Indian Mutiny medal |url=https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/an-interesting-indian-mutiny-medal-awarded-to-george-hamilton-freeling-37184467 |website=LotSearch |access-date=3 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==Death==
Freeling died at [[Ambala]] on 6 June 1861.<ref>{{cite book |title=England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) |date=1858-1995 |location=London |page=309}}</ref> Probate was granted in [[England]] in December 1868 to Edith Anna Freeling.<ref>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJS-ZCXF</ref>

==Selected publications==
* ''Narrative of Events Connected with the Mutiny at Humeerpore'' (1858).<ref name=Forrest>{{cite book |last1=Forrest |first1=George W. |title=The Indian mutiny, 1857-58 : selections from the letters despatches and other state papers preserved in the Military Department of the government of India, 1857-58 |date=2006 |publisher=New Delhi : Asian Educational Services ; Kolkata : Exclusive distributors for East India, Asian Educational Books Distributors |isbn=978-81-206-2015-5 |page=xix |url=https://archive.org/details/indianmutiny185703geor/page/n189/mode/2up?q=freeling |chapter=Appendix}}</ref><ref name=Chaudhuri>{{cite book |last1=Chaudhuri |first1=Sashi Bhusan |title=Theories Of The Indian Mutiny (1857-1859) |date=1965 |publisher=The World Press Private |location=Calcutta |page=57 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533484/page/n75/mode/2up?q=freeling}}</ref>

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