Walter Freer Explained

Walter Freer (born c. 1846) was a Scottish Liberal Party worker. He was the son of a notable Chartist and has been described as a "staunch Gladstonian".^[1] He was also a power-loom tenter and temperance worker.^[2]

Further reading

• Walter Freer, My Life and Memories (Glasgow: Civic Press, 1929).

Notes and References

1. E. F. Biagini, Liberty, Retrenchment and Reform. Popular Liberalism in the Age of Gladstone, 1860-1880 (Cambridge University Press, 1992), p. 378, n. 43.
2. Web site: Who's Who in Glasgow in 1909: WALTER FREER. gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk.