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

Henry Frankland (1690–1738)[1] was an administrator of the English East India Company.

Frankland served as President of Bengal in the eighteenth century.[2] 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. ^ "Kindred Britain - Henry Frankland". Stanford University. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  2. ^ Provinces of British India - World Statesmen


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