Arthur Ellis Franklin (18 April 1857 – 24 December 1938) was a British merchant banker and senior partner of
Keyser & Co.
Early life
He was the son of the merchant banker
Ellis Abraham Franklin
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 ...
(1822-1909), and came from a prominent Anglo-Jewish family, originally Fraenkel, that arrived in England in the 18th century.
Career
Franklin was senior partner of
A. Keyser & Co.
Personal life
His wife was Caroline Jacob.
They had six children: Jacob Franklin;
Alice Franklin
Alice Caroline Franklin OBE (1 June 1885 – 6 August 1964) was a British feminist, secretary of the Jewish League for Woman Suffrage and The Society for the Oversea Settlement of British Women, and a key figure in the running of the Townswomen ...
, honorary secretary of the
Townswomen's Guild
Members representing their Federation at the 2009 AGM in Birmingham
The Townswomen's Guild (TG) is a British women's organisation. There are approximately 30,000 members, 706 branches and 77 Federations throughout England, Scotland, Wales an ...
;
Cecil Arthur Franklin, chairman of the publishers
Routledge;
Hugh Franklin, a campaigner for
women's suffrage and later Labour politician;
Helen Caroline Franklin (later Bentwich), CBE, a social worker and politician; and
Ellis Arthur Franklin, also a merchant banker.
References
English bankers
English Jews
1857 births
1938 deaths
Arthur Ellis
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