(1709 - 85) of Hammersmith, Mx., 3rd s. of Sir Thomas Frederick, b. Madras; educ. Westminster and New Coll. Oxf. 1725; M.Temple 1728; FRS 1731; m. 1746 Hon. Lucy Boscawen, dau. of 1st Vct. Falmouth; KB 1761; MP 1741 - 84.
1737 - 8 Genoa (30 Sep. - 18 Oct. 1737), Pavia, Milan ( - 5 Nov.), Parma, Bologna, Rome (by Dec. 1737 - 17 Feb. 1738 - ) [Near East]
Charles Frederick and his older brother John travelled in 'most of the countries of Europe' and in the Near East in 1737 - 9.1 John's interest in virt? was that of a man of fashion, but Charles was a serious antiquarian and a talented amateur draughtsman. An incomplete travel journal by John described the first six weeks of their tour in Italy (from 30 September to November 1737). They were in Genoa at the end of September and proceeded via Pavia, Milan and Parma to Bologna. They had reached Rome by the end of the year, and a porcelain cameo of John Frederick was dated Rome 1737.1 In January 1738 Charles attended a dinner given by Sir Thomas Dereham for members of the Royal Society,2 and George Sinclair saw him during the Carnival on 17 February.3 Later that year he sat to Casali (Ashmolean); 'Mr Frederick and his Friends in Rome' particularly encouraged that artist, who later painted Frederick in England.4 Frederick had some dealings with the antiquary Ficoroni, acquiring from him an antique bas-relief,5 but he failed to get a bronze cista which Ficoroni owned.6 Some of the marbles he purchased were subsequently acquired by Charles Townley.
The brothers presumably sailed to the Near East from Italy, their tour including Constantinople.1 John Frederick was in Paris by April 1739 and Charles by February 1740.8
1. E.H. Fellowes, History of the Frederick Family, 43 - 4. 2. BL, Sloane 4049 (Dereham, Rome, 24 Jan. 1738). 3. Sinclair jnl.MSS. 4. Vertue, 3:107. 5. F. Ficoroni, Le Vestigia e Rarita di Roma Antica [1744], 129 - 30. 6. Michaelis, 61. 7. Commons 2, 2:52. 8. Wal.Corr., 37:47 and n.17.