Henry Frankland

Memorial in Chichester Cathedral to a descendant of Henry Frankland.
Henry Frankland
OccupationColonial Administrator
Known forPresident of Bengal

Henry Frankland (1690–1738)[1] was an administrator of the English East India Company.

Frankland served as President of Bengal in the eighteenth century.[2] He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Russell (through whom Frankland was a descendant of Oliver Cromwell) and was the father of Sir Charles Frankland, 4th Baronet, and Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet.

Political offices
Preceded by President of Bengal
30 January 1726 – 17 September 1728 		Succeeded by
  1. ^ "Kindred Britain - Henry Frankland". Stanford University. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  2. ^ Provinces of British India - World Statesmen