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, WILLIAM, son of John Franklin, London; b.; in school lists 1750; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1756. [Perhaps William Franklin, son of John Franklin, and Anne ---, bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 2 May 1742 (IGI)]
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, ----; b.; adm. 22 Apr 1767; in school list Oct 1767. [Whitmore notes “of Suffolk”]
FRANKS, ---; b.; adm. 12 Jan 1767; in school list May 1771.
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.
Franks, Rudolph Keane, son of Edward Franks, of Tooting, a clerk in the India Office, by Jane Grace, daughter of George Cattermole, R. A.; b. June 7, 1879; adm. April 27, 1893 (H); left April 1896; in the service of the P. & O. Steamship Navigation Co. (Malta and Bombay) 1897-1909; enlisted in the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (Yeomanry) as a Trooper in Aug. 1914, and went out to the western front in the following month; 2nd Lieut. N. Somerset Yeomanry July 18, 1915; Musketry Instructor 1916; Lieut. July 1, 1917, and Adjutant with the rank of Capt. until demob.; M.B.E. June 3, 1919; at different times a breeder of pedigree dogs in Oxfordshire and Somerset, and an antique dealer at Sulgrave; m. 1st March 11, 1922, Charlotte Margaret, daughter of Major George Holland, V. D., of Birchington, Kent; 2nd June 15, 1943, Marie Kathleen, 2nd daughter of Rev. George Marie Capell, Rector of Passenham, Northants; d. 29 Dec. 1970.