Sir Michael David Milroy Franklin, KCB, CMG (24 August 1927 – 7 June 2019) was an English civil servant. Educated at

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, Franklin entered the civil service in 1950; after four years in the

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's Directorate-General for Agriculture, he was head of the

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at the

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from 1977 to 1981,

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of the

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from 1982 to 1983, and Permanent Secretary of the

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from 1983 to 1987."Franklin, Sir Michael (David Milroy)"
''Who Was Who'' (online ed.,

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, 2021). Retrieved 11 August 2021.

External links

The Papers of Sir Michael Franklin
held at

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Franklin, Michael 1927 births 2019 deaths English civil servants Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George