Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet (c 1640 - 2 August 1697) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 from 1671 to 1685.

Frankland was the eldest son of Sir Henry Frankland of Thirkelby

Thirkleby High and Low with Osgodby

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, Yorkshire

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. On 24 December 1660 he was created a baronet

Frankland Baronets

The Frankland Baronetcy, of Thirkelby in the County of York, is a title in the Baronetage of England, created in 1660 for William Frankland. He later represented Thirsk in Parliament....

 of Thirkleby.

Frankland was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Thirsk

Thirsk (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1671, remaining its MP until 1685, when he was replaced by his son Thomas

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...

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Frankland married Arabella Belasyse (d. 1687), daughter of Henry Belasyse

Henry Belasyse

Henry Belasyse , also known as Henry Bellasis was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1625 and 1642....

 in 1662, and they had four children:

• Thomas Frankland
  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...
  
   (1665-1726), who succeeded his father in the baronetcy and was also MP for Thirsk and for Hedon
  Hedon (UK Parliament constituency)
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• Henry Frankland of Sowerby (d. 1736)
• Rev. John Frankland, Dean of Ely and Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University
• Anne, who married Leonard Smelt of Kirkby Fletham