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Freeman (Rev. Gage Earle), 1820-1903 
This well - known writer on falconry — “ Peregrine ” of 
the Field — was born June 3, 1820, at Tamworth, Stafford- 
shire, being the son of Captain Charles Earle Freeman of the 
69th Regiment. He was educated privately, admitted as 
a pensioner at St. John’s College, Cambridge, July 8, 1840, 
graduated B.A. in 1845, proceeding M.A. in 1850. He was 
ordained in 1847, and after holding several curacies, was 
incumbent of Macclesfield Forest with Clough, Cheshire, 
until 1889, when he became Vicar of Askham, near Penrith, 
and chaplain to the Earl of Lonsdale. He died at Askham, 
December 15, 1903, and was buried at Macclesfield Forest 
Chapel. 
He was joint author of Falconry, its Claims, History and 
Practice, written in conjunction with Mr. Salvin, 1859. It 
includes accounts of the Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, Hobby, 
Goshawk, Sparrow-hawk, Jer - falcons, and fishing with 
Cormorants. The chapter on Heron-hawking as pursued 
forty years ago was communicated by the late Edward 
Clough Newcombe, of Feltwell Hall, Brandon, Norfolk, one 
of the best practical falconers of modern times, and the last 
who kept Heron -hawks in England, we are informed by 
Mr. Harting. Mr. Freeman also contributed “ Falcons and 
Falconry” to Lord Lilford’s volume on Birds, 1903, and 
published several volumes of poems. 
1859. [With F. H. Salvin.] Falconry, its Claims, History and Practice. 
To which are added Eemarks on Training the Otter and Cor- 
morant, by Captain Salvin. London : 1859. 
Collation — 1 vol. post 8vo, pp. xvi + pp. 352, with 4 pi. by 
Wolf, and figs. 
1869. Practical Falconry, to which is added, How I became a Falconer. 
London : 1869. 
Collation— 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 99. 
1871. [With C. Hawkins Fisher and others.] Prize Essays on Falconry, 
submitted to the Barnet Committee of the Alexandra Park, 
etc. London : 1871. 
See under Fisher (Chas. Hawkins). 
