Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet (September 1665 – 30 October 1726), of Thirkelby in Yorkshire

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, was an English Member of Parliament

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He was the eldest son of Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet

Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet

Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1671 to 1685.Frankland was the eldest son of Sir Henry Frankland of Thirkelby, Yorkshire...

, and succeeded to the baronetcy on 2 August 1697. He entered Parliament in 1685 as member for Thirsk

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 (for which his father had previously been MP), and subsequently also represented Hedon

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Frankland married Elizabeth Russell, daughter of Sir John Russell

Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet

Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet of Chippenham , first a Royalist, but afterwards a colonel of foot for Parliament and distinguished himself at the Battle of Marston-Moor, and in the Protectorate's wars in Ireland and Flanders....

, in 1683, and they had at least eight children, including:

• Thomas Frankland
  Sir Thomas Frankland, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Thomas Frankland, 3rd Baronet , of Thirkelby in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet, and entered Jesus College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1700. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father on 30 October...
  
   (c. 1685-1747), who succeeded his father in the baronetcy and was also MP for Thirsk and for Harwich
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• William Frankland (d. 1714), FRS
• Henry Frankland
  Henry Frankland
  Henry Frankland was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the eighteenth century. He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet and was the father of Sir Charles Frankland, 4th Baronet, and Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet.Henry...
  
  , Governor of Bengal
  Governor of Bengal
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   (d. 1728), 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...
  
  
• Frederick Meinhardt Frankland (c. 1694-1768), MP for Thirsk
• Mary (d. 1722), who married Thomas Worsley of Hovingham
• Frances, who married Roger Talbot
• Richard Frankland
• Robert Frankland