John Frankland

The Very Revd John Frankland (1669 – 1730) was an 18th-century academic and Dean in the Church of England.

Life

The youngest son of Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet, he was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.[1]

Dean of Gloucester from 1723 until 1729, and then Dean of Ely[2] until his death on 3 September 1730,[3] he was also elected Master of Sidney Sussex in 1726, and then Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge for 172829.

Dr Frankland married Mary Turton, leaving an only son the Revd John Frankland, also a clergyman.[4]

See also

References

  1. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1752 vol iii Dabbs – Juxton, (1922) p174
  2. "Magna Britannia: pt. 1. Cambridgeshire. pt. 2. The county palatine of Chester" Lysons, S. p262 London; T.Cadell and W.Davies;1808
  3. Deans, pp10-12, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 7, Ely, Norwich, Westminster and Worcester Dioceses. Institute of Historical Research, London, 1992
  4. Mosley, Charles (ed.) (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn. London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 4292 (ZOUCHE, B). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Waugh
Dean of Gloucester
1723–1729
Succeeded by
Peter Allix
Preceded by
Robert Moss
Dean of Ely
1729–1730
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