Hugh Franklin (suffragist)
| Hugh Arthur Franklin | |
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| Born |
27 May 1889 Kensington, London |
| Died | 21 October 1962 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Henry Forster (alias as fugitive) |
| Education |
Clifton College Caius College, Cambridge (engineering, did not graduate) |
| Organization | Women's Social and Political Union |
| Known for | Activism for women's suffrage |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Elsie Duval (1915, died 1919) Elsie Constance Tuke (1921) |
| Parent(s) |
Arthur Ellis Franklin Caroline Jacob |
| Relatives |
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (uncle) |
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (uncle)
Alice Franklin (sister)
Cecil Franklin (brother)
Helen Caroline Franklin (sister)
Ellis Arthur Franklin (brother)
Hugh Arthur Franklin (27 May 1889 – 21 October 1962) was a British suffragist and politician. Born into a wealthy Anglo-Jewish family, he rejected both his religious and social upbringing to protest for women's suffrage. Joining in with the militant suffragettes, he was sent to prison multiple times, making him one of the few men to be imprisoned for his part in the suffrage movement. His crimes included an attempted attack on Winston Churchill and an act of arson on a train. He was the first person to be released under the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913 (the so-called "Cat and Mouse law"), and he later married the second. Following his release, he never returned to prison, but still campaigned for women's rights and penal reform. He stood unsuccessfully for parliament on two occasions, but did win a seat on Middlesex County Council and was a member of the Labour Party executive committee.
Hugh Franklin was born to Arthur Ellis Franklin and Caroline Franklin (née Jacob), the fourth of six children. The Franklin family was a prominent member of the Anglo-Jewish "cousinhood", and the family was well-off and well-connected. Hugh's uncles included the Liberal MPs Leonard Benjamin Franklin and Herbert Samuel, later to become 1st Viscount Samuel.
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