Henry Frankland

Henry Frankland
Memorial in Chichester Cathedral to a descendant of Henry Frankland
Born1690 (1690)
Died1738 (aged 47–48)
OccupationColonial Administrator
Known forPresident of Bengal

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

Frankland served as President of Bengal in the eighteenth century.[1] 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.

References

  1. ^ Provinces of British India - World Statesmen


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