Family
Franklin was born in London in 1862, the son of Ellis Franklin, a banker and his wife Adelaide who was a sister of Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling. In this way, Franklin was born into a Liberal family which also included Venetia Stanley, famous correspondent of H H Asquith and future Liberal Party leader, Herbert Samuel. In 1888 Franklin married Laura Agnes Ladenburg and they had one son and three daughters.
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