Freeman, Edgar James Albert, brother of John Horace Freeman (qv); b. 31 Dec. 1917; adm. Sept. 1931 (KS); left July 1936; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1936, BA 1939; Durham LI 1940-5 (MaJ.), MC (Burma) July 1945, wounded; called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) Jan. 1947; vice-pres. VAT tribunals England and Wales 1972-, permanent chairman industrial tribunals 1975-, regional chairman Bury St Edmund's 1984; m. 15 May 1948 Shirley Lake, d. of William Henry Whatmough PhD, of Streatham; d. 29 Feb. 1992.
FRASER (or FRAIZER), CHARLES, second son of Sir Alexander Fraser (or Fraizer), Bart., MD FRCP, Physician in Ordinary to Charles I and II, and his first wife Elizabeth Dowchly; b.; at school in 1660; KS 1664; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1667, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1667, scholar 1668; BA 1670/1; MA 1674; MD 1678; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1673 - c. 1683; Physician in Ordinary to Charles II, James II and William III from 25 Aug 1677; FRCP 1684; said to have become insane c. 1698; translated some of Plutarch’s Lives and was possibly the translator of Marana’s Letters of a Turkish Spy; dead by 2 Feb 1700.
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 (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. ).
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. ).
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.
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.
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.
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, 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.