The Frank Baronetcy, of

Withyham Withyham is a village and large civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The village is situated 7 miles south west of Royal Tunbridge Wells and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from Crowborough; the parish covers approxi ...

in the

County of Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 June 1920 for the estate agent and public servant

Howard Frank Sir Howard George Frank, 1st Baronet, (10 November 1871 – 10 January 1932) was an English estate agent and public servant. He was a co-founder of Knight Frank. Frank was born in Blackhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the son of Frederick Frank. H ...

. He was a senior partner in the firm of Knight, Frank and Rutland, and served as Director-General of Lands to the

War Office The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the new Ministry of Defence (MoD). This article contains text from ...

Air Ministry The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964. It was under the political authority of the Secretary of State ...

and

Ministry of Munitions The Minister of Munitions was a British government position created during the First World War to oversee and co-ordinate the production and distribution of munitions for the war effort. The position was created in response to the Shell Crisis o ...

from 1917 to 1922.

Frank baronets, of Withyham (1920)

* Sir Howard George Frank, 1st Baronet (1871–1932) * Sir Howard Frederick Frank, 2nd Baronet (1923–1944) *Sir Robert John Frank, 3rd Baronet (1925–1987) *Sir Robert Andrew Frank, 4th Baronet (born 1964) There is no heir to the baronetcy.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012

Frank Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Curr ...