Arthur Ellis Franklin
Arthur Ellis Franklin | |
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Born | 18 April 1857 |
Died | 24 December 1938 | (aged 81)
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Merchant banker, senior partner of A. Keyser & Co |
Spouse | Caroline Jacob |
Children | Alice Caroline Franklin Ellis Arthur Franklin Cecil Arthur Franklin Hugh Franklin Helen Bentwich |
Parent | Ellis Abraham Franklin |
Arthur Ellis Franklin (18 April 1857 – 24 December 1938) was a British merchant banker and senior partner of Keyser & Co.
Early life
He was the son of the merchant banker Ellis Abraham Franklin (1822-1909), and came from a prominent Anglo-Jewish family, originally Fraenkel, that arrived in England in the 18th century.[1]
Career
Franklin was senior partner of A. Keyser & Co.[1]
Personal life
His wife was Caroline Jacob.[1] They had six children: Jacob Franklin; Alice Franklin, honorary secretary of the Townswomen's Guild; Cecil Arthur Franklin, chairman of the publishers Routledge; Hugh Franklin, a campaigner for women's suffrage and later Labour politician; Helen Caroline Franklin (later Bentwich), CBE, a social worker and politician; and Ellis Arthur Franklin, also a merchant banker.
References
- ^ a b c William D. Rubinstein (22 February 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 294–295. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. Retrieved 4 November 2015.