What do you know about Sir Andrew Freeport? / What is the significance of his name?

 Of the Club - Part B

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  What do you know about Sir Andrew Freeport?

/ What is the significance of his name?

Sir Andrew Freeport is the third member of the Spectator's Club. He is depicted as a wealthy merchant and a representative of the rising middle class in early 18th-century England. He has noble and generous notions of trade. He has become rich by means of his own efforts and hard work. He trades with most countries of the world and is in favour of keeping English ports duty free. He wants that for the sake of promoting trade no tax should be imposed on exports and imports. Here lies the significance of his name: he wants to keep the ports tax-free. As he is a representative of the fast-growing English commercial groups, he supports the laissez-faire trade policy.