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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 whom the genus 
Frankland succeeded to the baronetcy and Thirkleby Hall near Thirsk on the death of his father in 1784. He was left little fortune, but inherited the nomination of two seats in Parliament for Thirsk which were said to be worth between £8,000 and £10,000. In 1790 he commissioned James Wyatt to rebuild the Thirkleby Hall. He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1792–1793. In 1796, William Pitt the younger offered him a peerage in return for his two parliamentary seats at Thirsk. Frankland turned down the offer and returned himself as MP for Thirsk at the 1796 general election. He held the seat until 1801 when he brought in his brother William.
Frankland died at Thirkleby Hall in 1831. He and his wife Dorothy had five children of whom only his heir, Sir Robert Frankland, 7th Baronet, survived. There is a memorial by sculptor John Flaxman R.A. to four of their children in All Saints Church, Great Thirkleby. Thirkleby estate was auctioned after the First World War but the hall was not sold; it was dismantled in 1927.
Portrait of daughters Marianne and Amelia by John Hoppner.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Frankland, Thomas, Sir, 6th Baronet 1750 births 1831 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Members of Lincoln's Inn Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1801–1802 Fellows of the Royal Society High Sheriffs of Yorkshire British landowners Thomas
Franklandia
''Franklandia'' is a genus of small shrubs in family Proteaceae, commonly known as lanolin bushes. It is endemic to Southwest Australia.
Description
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is named.
Frankland was born in London, the eldest surviving son of Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet and his wife Sarah Rhett. He was educated at Eton College from 1761 to 1767 and matriculated at Merton College, Oxford
Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of Oxford University, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the ...
in June 1768, becoming MA 4 on July 1771. In 1772 he entered Lincoln's Inn
The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. (The other three are Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Gray's Inn.) Lincoln ...
. He was an excellent naturalist being a botanist and florist, and was selected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1773. He was also an authority on British sport. He married his cousin Dorothy Smelt, daughter of William Smelt of Bedale, Yorkshire on 7 March 1775.
Frankland was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Thirsk together with his father at the 1774 general election but did not stand in 1780
Events
January–March
* January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet.
* February 19 – The legislature of New York votes to allow ...
. He does not appear to have spoken in his first term.
Frankland succeeded to the baronetcy and Thirkleby Hall near Thirsk on the death of his father in 1784. He was left little fortune, but inherited the nomination of two seats in Parliament for Thirsk which were said to be worth between £8,000 and £10,000. In 1790 he commissioned James Wyatt to rebuild the Thirkleby Hall. He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1792–1793. In 1796, William Pitt the younger offered him a peerage in return for his two parliamentary seats at Thirsk. Frankland turned down the offer and returned himself as MP for Thirsk at the 1796 general election. He held the seat until 1801 when he brought in his brother William.
Frankland died at Thirkleby Hall in 1831. He and his wife Dorothy had five children of whom only his heir, Sir Robert Frankland, 7th Baronet, survived. There is a memorial by sculptor John Flaxman R.A. to four of their children in All Saints Church, Great Thirkleby. Thirkleby estate was auctioned after the First World War but the hall was not sold; it was dismantled in 1927.
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Portrait of daughters Marianne and Amelia by John Hoppner.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Frankland, Thomas, Sir, 6th Baronet 1750 births 1831 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Members of Lincoln's Inn Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1801–1802 Fellows of the Royal Society High Sheriffs of Yorkshire British landowners Thomas