Misplaced Pages

Henry Frankland

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Memorial in Chichester Cathedral to a descendant of Henry Frankland.
Henry Frankland
OccupationColonial Administrator
Known forPresident of Bengal

Henry Frankland (1690–1738) was an administrator of the English East India Company.

Frankland served as President of Bengal in the eighteenth century. He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Russell (through whom Frankland was a descendant of Oliver Cromwell) and was the father of Sir Charles Frankland, 4th Baronet, and Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet.

Political offices
Preceded byJohn Deane President of Bengal
30 January 1726 – 17 September 1728 		Succeeded byEdward Stephenson

References

  1. Provinces of British India - World Statesmen


Stub icon

This article about a person involved in governance in the United Kingdom or its predecessor states is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: