FRANK, Robert (1660-1738), of Pontefract, Yorks.

bap. 2 Feb. 1660, o. s. of John Frank of Pontefract by Mary, da. and coh. of William Harbred of Wistow, Yorks. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1676; G. Inn 1678, called 1685, ancient 1704. m. 21 Feb. 1699 (with £2,000), Elizabeth (d. 1726), da. of Ralph Lowther (uncle of Sir John Lowther, 2nd Bt. I*) of Ackworth Park, Yorks., 1s. d.v.p. 3da. suc. fa. 1698. Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Clay, iii. 175; Sheffield Archs. Bacon Frank mss BFM 599, marriage settlement, 17 Feb. 1698–9.