Ellis Arthur Franklin
| Ellis Arthur Franklin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1894 Kensington, London |
| Died | 1964 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Merchant banker, Keyser & Co |
| Known for | Vice principal, The Working Men’s College |
| Spouse(s) | Muriel Frances Waley |
| Children | 5 (including Colin Ellis Franklin, Sir Roland Franklin & Rosalind Franklin) |
| Parent(s) |
Arthur Ellis Franklin Caroline Jacob |
| Relatives |
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (uncle) Alice Franklin (sister)Cecil Franklin (brother) Helen Caroline Franklin (sister) Hugh Franklin (brother) |
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (uncle)
Ellis Arthur Franklin OBE (1894–1964) was an English merchant banker.
Franklin was born in Kensington, London into an affluent Anglo-Jewish family. He was the son of Arthur Ellis Franklin, a merchant banker and senior partner of Keyser & Co, and his wife Caroline Jacob.
His uncle was Herbert Samuel, Home Secretary (1916), and the first High Commissioner for the British Mandate of Palestine. His siblings included Helen Caroline Franklin, wife to Norman de Mattos Bentwich, Attorney General in the British Mandate of Palestine, active in trade union organisation, Women's Suffrage, and the London County Council on which she was a member, and Hugh Franklin, a militant suffragist and penal reform activist.
He was a banker at Keyser & Co, where his father was senior partner.
Franklin became a teacher of a class in Electricity at The Working Men’s College in 1919, having been introduced to the College by his uncle, the banker Lionel Jacob. By 1922 he had become Vice Principal of the College and was instrumental in attracting donations to the College from the City, and new College Corporation members from the Home Office, The Bar, and the City.
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