Person DS/UK/3273 Franklin; James (1783-1834); officer in the Indian Army Franklin James 1783-1834 officer in the Indian Army Male Born 4 May 1783; died at Greenwich on 31 August 1834

He entered the East India Company as a cadet in 1805; he served with credit in the Pindari War (1817-1818) and reached the rank of Major in the First Regiment of the Bengal Light Cavalry; he also singled himself out as an officer of considerable scientific attainments, being employed on important Indian surveys; he was an authority on geology and collected birds for the Asiatic Society; he was elected a member of the Royal Society. He married Margaret Maria Clements (he would seem to have married before); he had two daughters, Mary (c1814-1894), who married John Price, and Emma Maria (born 1832), who married Henry Charles Mitchinson. Third son of Willingham Franklin and his wife Hannah (nee Weekes) and brother of Sir John Franklin. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes DERBYSHIRE\71026502 11/11/2019 DERBYSHIRE\71026502 28/05/2020 098b2771-0a12-4f6d-86c5-634ad7a58610