Henry Frankland Explained

Henry Frankland
Known For:	President of Bengal
Occupation:	Colonial Administrator

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kindred Britain - Henry Frankland. Stanford University. 6 October 2016.
2. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm Provinces of British India - World Statesmen