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Biography of Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet 1685-1747

Paternal Family Tree: Frankland

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Bourchier 1598-1665

1710 General Election

1713 General Election

1715 General Election

1722 General Election

1727 General Election

In 1683 [his father] Thomas Frankland 2nd Baronet (age 18) and [his mother] Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby (age 19) were married. They had ten children.

Around 1685 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet was born to Thomas Frankland 2nd Baronet (age 20) and Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby (age 21).

In 1700 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 15) admitted at Jesus College, Cambridge University.

In March 1707 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 22) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

In April 1708 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 23) was elected MP Harwich.

1710 General Election

In 1710 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Harwich during the 1710 General Election.

1713 General Election

On 22nd August 1713 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 28) was elected MP Thirsk during the 1713 General Election.

1715 General Election

Between 22nd January 1715 and 9th March 1715 the 1715 General Election was held. The election had been caused by George I's (age 54) succession. The Whig party, which supported George I, won an overwhelming majority.

John Rushout 4th Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Malmesbury.

Leonard Smelt (age 32) was elected MP Northallerton.

Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 30) was elected MP Thirsk.

George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter (age 57) was elected MP Whitchurch.

On 5th June 1715 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 30) and Dinah Topham Lady Thirkleby were married.

In 1719 [his daughter] Dinah Frankland Countess Lichfield was born to Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 34) and [his wife] Dinah Topham Lady Thirkleby.

1722 General Election

On 19th March 1722 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 37) was elected MP Thirsk during the 1722 General Election.

On 30th October 1726 [his father] Thomas Frankland 2nd Baronet (age 61) died. His son Thomas (age 41) succeeded 3rd Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. [his wife] Dinah Topham Lady Thirkleby by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.

1727 General Election

On 14th August 1727 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 42) was elected MP Thirsk.

On 20th July 1733 [his mother] Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby (age 69) died.

On 9th July 1741 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 56) and Sarah Moseley Lady Thirkleby were married. She by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1742 [his daughter] Elizabeth Frankland died.

On 16th January 1745 [his son-in-law] George Henry Lee 3rd Earl Lichfield (age 26) and [his daughter] Dinah Frankland Countess Lichfield (age 26) were married. He the son of George Henry Lee 2nd Earl Lichfield and Frances Hales Countess Lichfield (age 48).

On 17th April 1747 Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet (age 62) died. His nephew Charles (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.

In 1783 [his former wife] Sarah Moseley Lady Thirkleby died.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Frankland was born to Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet and Dinah Topham Lady Thirkleby.

Royal Ancestors of Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet 1685-1747

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet 1685-1747

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Frankland

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Frankland of Thirkelby in Yorkshire

GrandFather: William Frankland 1st Baronet

Father: Thomas Frankland 2nd Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bellasis of Newburgh Priory in Yorkshire 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fairfax 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax of Denton in Yorkshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Fairfax

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "The Great Black Knight of the North" Cholmeley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cholmley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Clifford Baroness Scrope Bolton 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara Cholmley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Babthorpe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Babthorpe 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Constable 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Arabella Belasyse Lady Thirkleby 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Barton of Smithells in Lancashire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Grace Barton

Thomas Frankland 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Russell 2nd Baronet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gerard

GrandFather: John Russell 3rd Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Wheatley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Wheatley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Smallpage

Mother: Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby 19 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cromwell aka Williams 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cromwell aka Williams 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Mirfyn

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Cromwell 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Warren

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Warren

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Trelake

Great x 1 Grandfather: Oliver Cromwell 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Steward

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Steward

GrandMother: Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell 18 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bourchier

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bourchier