Paternal Family Tree: Frankland
In May 1743 [his father] Thomas Frankland 5th Baronet [aged 24] and [his mother] Sarah Rhett Lady Thirkleby were married. The had three sons and seven daughters.
In September 1750 Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet was born to Thomas Frankland 5th Baronet [aged 32] and Sarah Rhett Lady Thirkleby.
In 1761 Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 10] took custody of at Eton College [Map].
In 1768 [his uncle] Charles Frankland 4th Baronet [aged 52] died. His brother [his father] Thomas [aged 49] succeeded 5th Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. [his mother] Sarah Rhett Lady Thirkleby by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.
In June 1768 Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 17] was educated at Merton College, Oxford University.
In July 1771 Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 20] was awarded Master of Arts: Oxford University at Merton College, Oxford University.
In 1774 Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 23] was elected MP Thirsk during the 1774 General Election.
On 7th March 1775 Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 24] and Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 25] were married. They were third cousins.
In 1784 [his son] Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet was born to Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 33] and [his wife] Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 34]. He married 1815 Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby, daughter of Bishop George Murray, and had issue.
On 21st November 1784 [his father] Thomas Frankland 5th Baronet [aged 66] died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son Thomas [aged 34] succeeded 6th Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. [his wife] Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 34] by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.
After 1804. All Saints Church, Thirkleby, North Yorkshire [Map]. Memorial to four of the children of Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 53] and [his wife] Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 54] who died young. Sculpted by John Flaxman [aged 48].





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In 1808 [his mother] Sarah Rhett Lady Thirkleby died.
In 1815 [his son] Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet [aged 31] and [his daughter-in-law] Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of Bishop George Murray.
On 19th May 1820 [his wife] Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 70] died.
After 1831. All Saints Church, Thirkleby, North Yorkshire [Map]. Memorial to Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 80] and his wife Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby.
On 4th January 1831 Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 80] died at Thirkleby Hall, North Yorkshire. His son Robert [aged 47] succeeded 7th Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby [aged 40] by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 19 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Frankland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Frankland of Thirkelby in Yorkshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Frankland 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Frankland 2nd Baronet 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Cholmley 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Arabella Belasyse Lady Thirkleby
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Barton of Smithells in Lancashire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Grace Barton
Grandfather: Henry Frankland 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Russell 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gerard
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Russell 3rd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wheatley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Wheatley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Smallpage
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby
19 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Cromwell
16 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Oliver Cromwell
17 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Steward
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell
18 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
father: Thomas Frankland 5th Baronet 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Grandmother: Mary Cross
Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: William Rhett of South Carolina
mother: Sarah Rhett Lady Thirkleby