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, 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.

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.

Franklin, Edward Leslie, son of Andrew Leslie Franklin of Edgbaston, Warks, and Dorothea, d. of Edward Worsfold Mowll, solicitor, of Whitfield, Kent; b. 18 Sept. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (KS); left July 1927; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1927, BA 1931 (1st class hons Classics Pt I), MA 1939; asst master Alleyn's Sch. Dulwich 1931-40; RAFVR (A & SD) in WW2 (Flt Lieut); Principal, War Office (later MOD Army Dept), 1949-1968; retd 1968; d. 29 Dec. 1993.

Franklin, Peter James, brother of Richard Kimber Franklin (qv); b. 28 Feb. 1948; adm. Sept. 1961 (G); left June 1962 owing to a serious illness; d. 5 Apr. 1985.

FRANKLIN, WILLIAM RICHARD, illegitimate son of William Franklin, and Giannina Tugeance (whom he subsequently married) (IGI); b. 6 Jul 1814; adm. 27 Jun 1827 (Stikeman's); adm. proctor, Court of Arches 1838, practised there to 1845.

FRANKLIN, SIR WILLINGHAM, son of Willingham Franklin, Spilsby, Lincs., banker, and Hannah Weekes, Donington, Lincs.; brother of Capt. Sir John Franklin RN FRS, the Arctic explorer; b. 11 Nov 1779; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1795; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Mar 1797, scholar; BA 1800; MA 1803; Fellow, Oriel Coll., 1801-19; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 1807; Puisne Judge, Supreme Court, Madras from 12 Apr 1822; knighted 19 Apr 1823; m. 19 Feb 1818 Catherine Elizabeth, dau. of John Burnside, Nottingham; d. at Madras 31 May 1824 (M. I. Spilsby, Lincs. ).

FRANKS (or FRANCKE), ABRAHAM, son of John Franks, Preston, Lancs.; b.; adm.; KS 1698; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1702, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1702, aged 17, scholar 23 Apr 1703; BA 1705; MA 1709; DD 1728; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll., 1 Oct 1708, Major Fellow 15 Apr 1709, occasional Tutor; refused to sign the petition to the Bishop of Ely against Bentley; ordained deacon 23 May 1714, priest 11 Jun 1714 (both Ely); Rector of West Dean, Wilts., from 1714; Rector of Broughton, Hants., 1719/20-22; Prebendary of Salisbury from 3 Jun 1720; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II; m. 19 Sep 1718 Elizabeth Sorocold, Preston, Lancs.; d. 1 Sep 1733 (M. I. West Dean, Wilts. ).

FRANKS (or FRANCKE), (EVELYN) CHARLES, son of Abraham Franks (or Francke) (qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1734 (as Francke, Evelyn Charles); KS (aged 14) 1737 (as Franks, Charles); left Midsummer 1740; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Jul 1740, removed from books 15 Dec 1742; dead by 21 Apr 1753 when will proved.

Franks, Francis David, son of Maurice Cardinali Franks OBE, bank official, of Wimbledon, and Marion Gillian, d. of John Edmund Melhuish of Hampstead; b. 11 Apr. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (R); left Dec. 1936; RN Coll. Dartmouth; Sub- Lieut. RN June 1942, Lieut. Apr. 1944, Lieut. ­ Cdr Apr. 1952, retd Apr. 1963; training and admin. man. with Pressed Steel Co., Rootes Press ings Scotland, Chrysler UK, and Peugeot Talbot Motor Co., 1964-86; m. 15 Oct. 1955 Marion Conway, d. of Peter Foley of Norwalk, Conn., USA.