Ellis Abraham Franklin (5 October 1822 – 11 May 1909) was a British merchant banker.

Early life

Franklin was the son of Abraham Franklin (1784–1854), a silversmith and licensed navy agent, who started in Portsmouth, then later moved to Liverpool and eventually Manchester. He came from a prominent Anglo-Jewish family, originally Fraenkel, that arrived in England from Breslau in the 18th century.

Career

He was born in Liverpool and educated at Manchester Grammar School. He joined the merchant bank that had been established by Samuel Montagu, married Montagu's sister (Adelaide), and became a partner in 1862.

Personal life

His son, Arthur Ellis Franklin (1857–1938), was a British merchant banker and senior partner of A. Keyser & Co. His other son, Sir

Leonard Benjamin Franklin Sir Leonard Benjamin Franklin OBE (15 November 1862 – 11 December 1944) was an English barrister, banker and Liberal Party politician, of Jewish descent. Family Franklin was born in London in 1862, the son of Ellis Abraham Franklin, a banke ...

(1862–1944), was a barrister, banker and Liberal Party politician. His daughter, Beatrice Franklin, married Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, the Liberal politician who was party leader from 1931-35.

Death

Franklin died in 1909. Upon his death, he left an estate valued at .

References

1822 births 1909 deaths English bankers English Jews Ellis Abraham 19th-century English businesspeople {{Judaism-bio-stub