Henry Frankland
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Henry Frankland was an administrator of the English East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...

. He served as President of Bengal
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...

 in the eighteenth century. He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet , of Thirkelby in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet, and succeeded to the baronetcy on 2 August 1697...

 and was the father of Sir Charles Frankland, 4th Baronet, and Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet
Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet
Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet was a British naval officer, MP and slave trader. He was the second son of Henry Frankland and Mary Cross...

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Henry Frankland was an administrator of the English East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...

. He served as President of Bengal
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...

 in the eighteenth century. He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet , of Thirkelby in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet, and succeeded to the baronetcy on 2 August 1697...

 and was the father of Sir Charles Frankland, 4th Baronet, and Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet
Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet
Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet was a British naval officer, MP and slave trader. He was the second son of Henry Frankland and Mary Cross...

.
Henry Frankland was an administrator of the English East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...

. He served as President of Bengal
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...

 in the eighteenth century. He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet , of Thirkelby in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet, and succeeded to the baronetcy on 2 August 1697...

 and was the father of Sir Charles Frankland, 4th Baronet, and Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet
Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet
Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet was a British naval officer, MP and slave trader. He was the second son of Henry Frankland and Mary Cross...

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