Frankland Baronets
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Thirsk (UK Parliament constituency)
Thirsk was a parliamentary borough in Yorkshire, represented in the English and later British House of Commons in 1295, and again from 1547. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832, and by one member from 1832 to 1885, when the constituency was abolished and absorbed into the new...
in Parliament.
His son, the second Baronet, also represented Thirsk
Thirsk (UK Parliament constituency)
Thirsk was a parliamentary borough in Yorkshire, represented in the English and later British House of Commons in 1295, and again from 1547. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832, and by one member from 1832 to 1885, when the constituency was abolished and absorbed into the new...
as well as Hedon
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in the House of Commons
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. In 1683 Frankland married Elizabeth Russell, daughter of Sir John Russell, 4th Baronet, of Chippenham and his wife Frances Cromwell, daughter of Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
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.
His son, the third Baronet, sat as a Member of Parliament
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for Harwich
Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Harwich was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Until its abolition for the 2010 general election it elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
and Thirsk
Thirsk (UK Parliament constituency)
Thirsk was a parliamentary borough in Yorkshire, represented in the English and later British House of Commons in 1295, and again from 1547. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832, and by one member from 1832 to 1885, when the constituency was abolished and absorbed into the new...
and served as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1730 to 1741.
He was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Baronet, who notably served as Consul-General in Lisbon
Lisbon
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. His younger brother, the fifth Baronet, was an Admiral of the White and also represented Thirsk
Thirsk (UK Parliament constituency)
Thirsk was a parliamentary borough in Yorkshire, represented in the English and later British House of Commons in 1295, and again from 1547. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832, and by one member from 1832 to 1885, when the constituency was abolished and absorbed into the new...
in Parliament for many years.
His son, the sixth Baronet, was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Member of Parliament
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for Thirsk
Thirsk (UK Parliament constituency)
Thirsk was a parliamentary borough in Yorkshire, represented in the English and later British House of Commons in 1295, and again from 1547. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832, and by one member from 1832 to 1885, when the constituency was abolished and absorbed into the new...
. His son, the seventh Baronet, also represented Thirsk
Thirsk (UK Parliament constituency)
Thirsk was a parliamentary borough in Yorkshire, represented in the English and later British House of Commons in 1295, and again from 1547. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832, and by one member from 1832 to 1885, when the constituency was abolished and absorbed into the new...
in the House of Commons
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. In 1837 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Russell after Frankland on inheriting Chequers Court in Buckinghamshire
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from his kinsman Sir Robert Greenhill-Russell
Robert Greenhill-Russell
Sir Robert Greenhill-Russell, 1st Baronet was a British politician.He was born in 1763 to the Rev. John Russell Greenhill and Elizabeth Noble...
, 1st Baronet, of Chequers Court.
He was succeeded in the Baronetcy but not in the estates by his cousin, the eighth Baronet. He was the son of the youngest son of the fifth Baronet. Frankland notably fought at the Battle of Waterloo
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in 1815.
His grandson, the tenth Baronet, married as his second wife Mary Cecil Frankland, 16th Baroness Zouche (see the Baron Zouche
Baron Zouche
Baron Zouche is a title that has thrice been created in the Peerage of England.-Genealogy:The de la Zouche family descended from Alan de la Zouche, sometimes called Alan de Porhoët and Alan la Coche , a Breton who settled in England during the reign of Henry II. He was the son of Vicomte Geoffrey I...
). He was succeeded by his eldest son, the eleventh Baronet, and on the latter's death in 1944 the title passed to his only son, the twelfth and present holder of the Baronetcy. In 1965 he succeeded his grandmother as eighteenth Baron Zouche. Consequently, the Baronetcy is now a subsidiary title of the Barony of Zouche.
Frankland Baronets, of Thirkelby (1660)
- Sir William Frankland, 1st BaronetSir William Frankland, 1st BaronetSir William Frankland, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1671 to 1685.Frankland was the eldest son of Sir Henry Frankland of Thirkelby, Yorkshire...
(c. 1640–1697) - Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd BaronetSir Thomas Frankland, 2nd BaronetSir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet , of Thirkelby in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet, and succeeded to the baronetcy on 2 August 1697...
(1665–1726) - Sir Thomas Frankland, 3rd BaronetSir Thomas Frankland, 3rd BaronetSir Thomas Frankland, 3rd Baronet , of Thirkelby in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet, and entered Jesus College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1700. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father on 30 October...
(c. 1685–1747) - Sir Charles Henry Frankland, 4th Baronet (c. 1716–1768)
- Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th BaronetSir Thomas Frankland, 5th BaronetAdmiral Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet was a British naval officer, MP and slave trader. He was the second son of Henry Frankland and Mary Cross...
(1718–1784) - Sir Thomas Frankland, 6th Baronet (1750–1831)
- Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet (1784–1849)
- Sir Frederick William Frankland, 8th Baronet (1793–1878)
- Sir William Adolphus Frankland, 9th Baronet (1837–1883)
- Sir Frederick William Francis George Frankland, 10th Baronet (1868–1937)
- Sir Thomas William Assheton Frankland, 11th Baronet (1902–1944)
- Sir James Assheton Frankland, 12th Baronet (b. 1943) (succeeded as Baron Zouche in 1965)