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Arthur Ellis Franklin(18 April 1857 – 24 December 1938) was a British merchant banker and senior partner ofKeyser & Co.
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 ofA. Keyser & Co |
Spouse | Caroline Jacob |
Children | Alice Caroline Franklin Ellis Arthur Franklin Cecil Arthur Franklin Hugh Franklin Helen Bentwich |
Parent | Ellis Abraham Franklin |
Early life
editHe was the son of the merchant bankerEllis Abraham Franklin(1822–1909), and came from a prominent Anglo-Jewish family, originally Fraenkel, that arrived in England in the 18th century.[1]
Career
editFranklin was senior partner ofA. Keyser & Co.[1]
Personal life
editHis wife was Caroline Jacob.[1]They had six children: Jacob Franklin;Alice Franklin,honorary secretary of theTownswomen's Guild;Cecil Arthur Franklin,chairman of the publishersRoutledge;Hugh Franklin,a campaigner forwomen's suffrageand later Labour politician;Helen Caroline Franklin(later Bentwich), CBE, a social worker and politician; andEllis Arthur Franklin,also a merchant banker.
References
edit- ^abcWilliam D. Rubinstein (22 February 2011).The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History.Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 294–295.ISBN978-0-230-30466-6.Retrieved4 November2015.