FRANCIS, George Grant (eld. son of John Francis of Swansea). b. Swansea, Jany. 1814; mayor of Swansea 1853–4; col. of 1st Glamorgan artillery volunteers raised by his exertions 1859; author of The free grammar school Swansea, Swansea 1849; The smelting of copper in the Swansea district, privately printed Swansea 1867, published 1881, and other books on Welsh history and topography. d. 9 Upper Phillimore place, Kensington, London 21 April 1882. bur. Swansea cemetery 26 April. Athenæum 28 April 1882 pp. 510–11.
FRANCIS, George Henry. b. about 1817; edited Morning Post, Atlas, Dublin Daily Express; manager and assistant editor of the Press; edited Morning Chronicle; author of Orators of the age 1847 and other books. d. Paris 28 Aug. 1866.
FRANCIS, George William. b. London 1800; edited Magazine of science and school of arts 5 vols. 1840–5; went to Australia 1849; director of Adelaide botanic garden to death; author of Catalogue of British plants and ferns 1835, 5 ed. 1840; An analysis of British ferns 1837, 5 ed. 1855; Electrical experiments 8 ed. 1855 and 8 other books. d. Adelaide 9 Aug. 1865.
FRANCIS, James Goodall. b. London 1819; went to Van Diemen’s Land 1834; partner with Mr. Macpherson in a business at Hobart Town 1847; managed a branch business in Melbourne 1853; vice pres. of chamber of commerce N.S.W. 1856, pres. 1857; member for Richmond in Victorian legislative assembly 1859–74; comr. of trade and customs 1863–68; treasurer of Victoria 1870–71; prime minister 1872–74; passed a free education act 1874; member for Warrnambool in Victorian assembly 1878–82. d. Queenscliff, Victoria 25 Jany. 1884.
FRANCIS, John. b. Lincolnshire 3 Sep. 1780; pupil of Francis Chantrey in London; executed by command of the Queen a bust in marble of Prince Albert 1844; exhibited 71 sculptures at the R.A. 1820–57. d. 56 Albany st. Regent’s park, London 30 Aug. 1861.
FRANCIS, John. b. Bermondsey, London 18 July 1811; junior clerk in office of the Athenæum, Sep. 1831, business manager and publisher of that paper 4 Oct. 1831 to death; did more than any man to procure repeal of duty on newspaper advertisements 1853, of stamp duty on newspapers 1855 and of the paper duty 1861. d. 20 Wellington st. Strand, London 6 April 1882. John Francis, publisher of the Athenæum, By J. C. Francis (1888) i, 1–19, 45–7, 226, ii, 173 et seq. 545–50, portrait; H. J. Nicoll’s Great Movements (1881) 269–339.
FRANCIS, Sir Philip. b. 1822; barrister M.T. 21 Nov. 1845; judge of supreme consular court of the Levant and consul general at Constantinople 16 Sep. 1867 to death; knighted by patent 7 Dec. 1868; author of The law of Charities 1854; The new common law procedure acts 1854. d. on board H.M.S. Antelope between Besika and Smyrna 9 Aug. 1876. Graphic xiv, 257, 261 (1876), portrait.
FRANCKLYN, John Henry. b. 8 Jany. 1812; 2 lieut. R.A. 26 July 1831, col. commandant 20 Dec. 1878 to death; general 13 Nov. 1880; C.B. 2 Jany. 1857. d. The Wigwam, Dacres road, Forest hill 12 Feb. 1881.
FRANKLAND, Charles Colville (3 son of Rev. Roger Frankland, R. of Yarlington, Somerset, who d. 25 March 1826). b. Bath 10 Feb. 1797; entered navy 13 Jany. 1813, captain 23 Nov. 1841; retired admiral 30 July 1875; published Travels to and from Constantinople 2 vols. 1829; Narrative of a visit to the courts of Russia and Sweden 2 vols. 1832. d. 2 Royal crescent, Bath 13 April 1876.
FRANKLIN, Lady Jane (2 dau. of John Griffin of Bedford place, London). b. 1792; travelled in the East, Van Diemen’s Land and New Zealand 1828–44; the first lady who travelled overland from Melbourne to Sydney; sent out at her own expense to the Arctic regions 5 ships in search of her husband Sir John Franklin 1850–57; received gold medal of Royal Geog. Soc. 1860. (m. at Great Stanmore 5 Nov. 1828 John Franklin, captain R.N. who d. Victory point, King William Land 11 June 1847, his name is in the navy list down to April 1854); author of A letter to Viscount Palmerston 1857, 2 editions. She d. 45 Phillimore gardens, London 18 July 1875. Graphic xi, 157, 163 (1875), portrait.