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FRANCKE, PAUL MORTIMER, eldest son of Axel Patrik Francke, London, formerly of Gothenburg, Sweden, merchant, and Ella, dau. of Mortimer Porter, New York, USA, lawyer; b. 24 May 1866; adm. (D) 12 Jun 1879, exhibitioner; QS 27 May 1880; left May 1885; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1885; BA 1888; MA 1919; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 17 Nov 1890; Revising Barrister 1898-1914; Counsel to Board of Trade in bankruptcy matters 1913-7; Joint Secretary, Aliens Advisory Committee 1915-8; Registrar of High Court in Bankruptcy from Oct 1917; d. unm. 21 Nov 1929.

Francke, Victor Ernest, brother of Paul Mortimer Francke (q.v.); b. Jan. 13, 1872; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (G); left July 1887; Trin. Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 1890; appointed Vice­Consul in Siberia July 12, 1918, and was employed at Vladivostok until Feb. 1919, when his appointment terminated; believed d. 1936.

FRANCKLIN, EDWARD; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1603, adm. scholar 1603; BA 1607/8; MA 1611; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1610 - c. 1618; ordained priest (Coventry & Lichfield) 1615; Rector of Bawdeswell, Norfolk 1614 (still 1639); Rector of Billingford, Norfolk 1630.

FRANCKLIN, THOMAS, son of Richard Francklin, Covent Garden, Westminster, bookseller; b.; adm. (aged 6) Jun 1727; KS 1735; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1739, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1739, scholar 2 May 1740; BA 1742/3; MA 1746; DD 1770; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1745, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1746 - c. 1759; Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge Univ., 27 Jun 1750-9; presided at the Westminster Club Dinner at The Three Tuns, Cambridge 17 Nov 1750, and in consequence of the interference of the Senior Proctor was involved in a dispute with the University authorities (Wordsworth, Social Life at the English Universities in the Eighteenth Century, 70-5); an Usher at the School c. 1743-6 (?) (but still in Chamberlayne 1748); ordained deacon (Ely) May 1746, priest (Rochester) 6 Mar 1746/7; Vicar of Ware, Herts., 2 Jan 1759-77; lecturer, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden (by 1765); Chaplain in Ordinary to George III Sep 1767 - still 1780; Professor of Ancient History, Royal Academy, from 1774; Rector of Brasted, Kent, from 1 Apr 1777; author, translations of The Letters of Phalaris, 1749, Sophocles, 1759, and Lucian, 1780, also of four plays and other publications; m. 20 Jan 1759 Mary, dau. of --- Venables, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, wine merchant; d. 15 Mar 1784. DNB.

FRANCKLIN, WILLIAM RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS 1677; probably “Mr Richard Fitzgerald, alias Francklin, a kinsman of the Duke of Ormonde, a youth of 18, now a scholar in Westminster”, recommended by the Duke of Ormonde to the Dean of Christ Church for election to Oxford (HMC Ormonde, NS iv, 619); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1679, but apparently did not reside and was never admitted as a Westminster Student.

FRANCKLIN, WILLIAM, eldest son of Thomas Francklin (qv); b.; adm. 6 Jun 1774; KS 1777 (aged 14); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1781, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1781, aged 18, but did not matr.; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1782; Ensign, 19th Native Infantry 31 Jan 1783; present at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); Lieut., 20 Oct 1789; Capt., 30 Sep 1803; Maj., 29 Mar 1810; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 4 Jun 1814; Lieut. -Col., 22nd Native Infantry 16 Dec 1814; invalided 1 Oct 1815; Regulating Officer, Bhangulpore 1814-25; retired in India Dec 1825; Librarian and member of Council, Royal Asiatic Society; an oriental scholar of considerable reputation; one of the donors of the Warren Hastings Cup; author, Observations made on a Tour from Bengal to Persia, 1788, and other works; m. 9 Mar 1801 Marian Hastings, dau. of John Collie, Surgeon, EICS Bengal; d. 12 Apr 1839. DNB.

FRANK, BACON, eldest son of Bacon Frank, Campsall, Yorks., Chairman Yorkshire West Riding Quarter Sessions, and Catherine, dau. of John Hoare, Pontefract, Yorks.; nephew of Richard Frank (qv); bapt. Campsall., Yorks. 2 Aug 1770 (IGI); adm. 3 Jun 1782; Cornet, 15th Light Dragoons 14 Feb 1789; killed by a fall from his horse at Tonbridge, Kent 15 Jun 1789, aged 18.

FRANK, RICHARD, son of Francis Frank, Norwich, Commissary to the Archdeacon of Suffolk, and Elizabeth, dau. of Waller Bacon MP, Earlham, Norfolk, barrister; b. 14 Mar 1744/5; adm.; Min. Can. 1758; KS 1759; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1762, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1762, scholar 6 May 1763, matr. Mich. 1762; BA 1766; MA 1769; DD 1794; ordained deacon 1 Nov 1767, priest 21 May 1769 (both York); Rector of Alderton-cum-Bawdsey, Suffolk 1769 [check]; Rector of Hardwick with Shelton, Norfolk, from 20 Oct 1779; m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Drake (adm. 1738, qv); d. 18 Aug 1810.

FRANKELIN, RICHARD; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1564-7 (tutor, the Sub-Dean) (Chapter Muniments 54004-15).

Frankish, William Martin, son of William John Frankish, M.R.C.S., of Chelsea; b. April 30, 1895; adm. May 2, 1907 (H); left Dec. 1912; joined the 28th Batt. London Regt.; 2nd Lieut. April 29, 1918; Lieut. 20th Batt. June 1, 1916; m. Aug. 16, 1922, Queenie Emilie Charlotte, eldest daughter of M.P.C. Byrne; a commercial artist and advertising specialist at Southampton.