The Frankland Baronetcy, of Thirkelby (or

Thirkleby Thirkleby may refer to: *Thirkleby High and Low with Osgodby, a civil parish in Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England, which includes the villages of Great Thirkleby and Little Thirkleby * Thirkleby, Kirby Grindalythe, a hamlet in the parish ...

) in the County of York, is a title in the

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, created on 24 December 1660 for William Frankland. He later represented

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in Parliament. His son, the second Baronet, also represented

as well as

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in the

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. In 1683 Frankland married Elizabeth Russell, daughter of Sir John Russell, 4th Baronet, of Chippenham and his wife Frances Cromwell, daughter of

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. His son, the third Baronet, sat as a

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for

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and

and served as a

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from 1730 to 1741. He was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Baronet, who notably served as

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. The fourth Baronet's younger brother, the fifth Baronet, was an Admiral of the White and also represented

in Parliament for over 30 years. His son, the sixth Baronet, was a

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and a

for

. It was the sixth baronet who built

Thirkleby Hall Thirkleby Hall was a large 18th-century country house in Great Thirkleby in the Hambleton hills of North Yorkshire. It was demolished in 1927. History The manor of Thirkleby was acquired in 1576 by William Frankland, a wealthy London merchant. ...

. His son, the seventh Baronet, also represented

in the

. In 1837 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Russell after Frankland on inheriting

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from his kinsman Sir

Robert Greenhill-Russell Sir Robert Greenhill-Russell, 1st Baronet (1763 – 12 December 1836), born Robert Greenhill, was a British politician. He was born in 1763 to the Rev. John Russell Greenhill and Elizabeth Noble. He was the grandson of Elizabeth Russell, who be ...

, 1st Baronet, of Chequers Court. He was succeeded in the Baronetcy but not in the estates by his cousin, the eighth Baronet. He was the son of the youngest son of the fifth Baronet. Frankland notably fought at the

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in 1815. His grandson, the tenth Baronet, married as his second wife Mary Cecil Frankland, 16th Baroness Zouche (see the

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). He was succeeded by his eldest son, the eleventh Baronet, and on the latter's death in 1944 the title passed to his only son, the twelfth and present holder of the Baronetcy. In 1965 he succeeded his grandmother as eighteenth Baron Zouche. Consequently, the Baronetcy is now a subsidiary title of the Barony of Zouche.

Frankland Baronets, of Thirkelby (1660)

Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet (c. 1640 – 2 August 1697) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1671 to 1685. Frankland was the eldest son of Sir Henry Frankland of Thirkelby, Yorkshire. On 24 December ...

(–1697) *

Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet (September 1665 – 30 October 1726), of Thirkleby Hall in Yorkshire, was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1685 to 1711. He was joint Postmaster ...

(1665–1726) *

Sir Thomas Frankland, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Frankland, 3rd Baronet (c. 1685 – 17 April 1747), of Thirkleby in Yorkshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons for over 30 years between 1708 and 1741. Early life Frankland was th ...

(c. 1685–1747) * Sir Charles Henry Frankland, 4th Baronet (c. 1716–1768) *

Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet (26 June 1718 – 21 November 1784) was a British naval officer, MP and slave trader. He was the second son of Henry Frankland and Mary Cross. Frankland was born in the East Indies (probably India), his f ...

(1718–1784) *

Sir Thomas Frankland, 6th Baronet Sir Thomas Frankland, 6th Baronet (September 1750 – 4 January 1831) was an English country landowner of Thirkleby, Yorkshire and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two sessions between 1774 and 1801. He was an eminent botanist from w ...

(1750–1831) *

Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet (1784–1849) was an English politician, known also as an artist. In early life he was called Robert Frankland. Life He was the son of Sir Thomas Frankland, 6th Baronet and his wife Dorothy, daughter of ...

(1784–1849) *

Sir Frederick William Frankland, 8th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1793–1878) * Sir William Adolphus Frankland, 9th Baronet (1837–1883) * Sir Frederick William Francis George Frankland, 10th Baronet (1868–1937) * Sir Thomas William Assheton Frankland, 11th Baronet (1902–1944) * Sir James Assheton Frankland, 12th Baronet (1943–2022) * Sir William Assheton Frankland, 13th Baronet (1984– )

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Frankland Baronets, of Thirkelby (1660)

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