Family and Education
bap. 20 July 1630, 1sts. of Sir John Franklin of Willesden, Mdx. by Elizabeth, da. of George Purefoy of Wadley, Berks. educ. G. Inn, entered 1648; Balliol, Oxf. 1649. m. (1) by 1653, Elizabeth (bur. 21 Nov. 1660), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Cheke of Pirgo, Essex, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) 30 Apr. 1661, Eleanor, da. of Sir Samuel Tryon, 2nd Bt., of Boys Hall, Halstead, Essex, and h. to her bro., Sir Samuel, 3rd Bt., 3da. suc. fa. 1648; Kntd. 14 July 1660; cr. Bt. 16 Oct. 1660.Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 194; Letters of Dorothy Osborne ed. Moore Smith, 95; The Ancestor, ii. 185.
Offices Held
J.p. Herts. and St. Albans 1658 – d.; commr. for militia, Herts. Mar. 1660; capt.-lt. of militia horse, Herts. Apr. 1660; commr. for assessment, Herts. and Mdx. Aug. 1660–80, St. Albans 1664 – 69, Glos. 1673 – 80; dep. lt. Herts. 1662–d.
Gent. of the privy chamber (extraordinary) June 1660, (ordinary) 1666–85.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Moor Park, Rickmansworth, Herts.; Charing Cross, Westminster.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
FRANKLIN, Sir Richard (1630-85)
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