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He was educated at Ladycross School (Seaford, East Sussex) and at Glenstal Abbey School (County Limerick).
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He inherited his title in 1935, at which time, until 1999, he could vote in the House of Lords. In 1999, all but 90 or so hereditary peers were stripped of voting rights in the Lords by Tony Blair"s Labour government. In 1952, Lord de Freyne sold French Park, the family"s ancestral home in Frenchpark, County Roscommon.
Due to the successive Irish Land Acts the remaining estate lands proved too small to sustain the running of the estate and the "Big House".
The great house and demesne had been in the French family since 5,000 acres (20 km2) were granted to Dominick French in 1666. Prior to its dissemination during the Land Acts the estate comprised 36,000 acres (150 km2).
Having sold the estate, the family moved to Oxfordshire.
