Paternal Family Tree: Frankland
On 7th March 1775 [his father] Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 24] and [his mother] Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 25] were married. They were third cousins.
In 1784 Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet was born to Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet [aged 33] and Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 34].
On 21st November 1784 [his grandfather] Thomas Frankland 5th Baronet [aged 66] died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son [his father] Thomas [aged 34] succeeded 6th Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. [his mother] Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 34] by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.
In 1815 Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet [aged 31] and Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of Bishop George Murray.
In 1815 Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet [aged 31] was elected MP Thirsk.
In 1817. Thomas Lawrence [aged 47]. Portrait of Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet [aged 33].
On 19th May 1820 [his mother] Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby [aged 70] died.
On 24th November 1821 [his daughter] Emily Anne Frankland-Russell Lady Frankland was born to Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet [aged 37] and [his wife] Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby [aged 31]. She married 10th November 1847 William Payne-Gallwey 2nd Baronet, son of General William Payne-Gallwey 1st Baronet and Harriett Quin Lady Payne-Galway, and had issue.
On 24th November 1827 [his brother-in-law] Bishop George Murray [aged 43] was elected Bishop of Rochester.
On 4th January 1831 [his father] 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. [his wife] Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby [aged 40] by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.
On 6th August 1842 [his son-in-law] Thomas Grey 5th Baron Walsingham [aged 38] and [his daughter] Augusta Louisa Frankland Baroness Walsingham were married. She by marriage Baroness Walsingham of Walsingham in Norfolk.
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In 1844 [his daughter] Augusta Louisa Frankland Baroness Walsingham died.
On 18th September 1845 [his son-in-law] Ralph Neville-Grenville [aged 28] and Julia Roberta Frankland were married. They had nine children, three daughters and six sons.
On 10th November 1847 [his son-in-law] William Payne-Gallwey 2nd Baronet [aged 40] and [his daughter] Emily Anne Frankland-Russell Lady Frankland [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Lady Payne of Hampton Hill.
In 1849 Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet [aged 65] died. His first cousin Frederick [aged 55] succeeded 8th Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire.
1851. The present All Saints Church, Thirkleby, North Yorkshire [Map] was commissioned in 1851 by [his former wife] Lady Louisa Frankland-Russell [aged 60] of Thirkleby Park in memory of her late husband, Sir Robert. Designed by the renowned Victorian 'rogue' architect Edward Buckton Lamb it incorporates an octagonal chapel dedicated to the Frankland family beneath which lies the family vault.
Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby: On 29th May 1790 she was born to Bishop George Murray. In 1815 Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet and she were married. She the daughter of Bishop George Murray. On 4th January 1831 Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet died at Thirkleby Hall, North Yorkshire. His son Robert succeeded 7th Baronet Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. She by marriage Lady Frankland of Thirkleby in Yorkshire. On 21st February 1871 Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Thirkleby, North Yorkshire [Map].
On 21st February 1871 [his former wife] Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby [aged 80] died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Thirkleby, North Yorkshire [Map].
[his daughter] Julia Roberta Frankland was born to Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet and Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby. She married 18th September 1845 Ralph Neville-Grenville and had issue.
[his daughter] Caroline Agnes Frank 1325 1369land was born to Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet and Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby.
[his daughter] Augusta Louisa Frankland Baroness Walsingham was born to Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet and Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby. She married 6th August 1842 Thomas Grey 5th Baron Walsingham, son of Thomas Grey 4th Baron Walsingham and Elizabeth North Baroness Walsingham, and had issue.
[his daughter] Rosalind Alicia Frankland was born to Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet and Louisa Anne Murray Lady Thirkleby.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Frankland of Thirkelby in Yorkshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Frankland 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Frankland 2nd Baronet 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Arabella Belasyse Lady Thirkleby 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Barton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Frankland 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Russell 2nd Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Russell 3rd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Wheatley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Russell Lady Thirkleby 19 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver Cromwell 
17 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cromwell Baroness Russell 18 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bourchier 
Grandfather: Thomas Frankland 5th Baronet 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Cross
father: Thomas Frankland 6th Baronet 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Rhett of South Carolina
Grandmother: Sarah Rhett Lady Thirkleby
Robert Frankland-Russell 7th Baronet 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Leonard Smelt
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Smelt 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Frankland of Thirkelby in Yorkshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Frankland 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Grace Frankland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Arabella Belasyse Lady Thirkleby 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Barton
Grandfather: William Smelt of Bedale 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
mother: Dorothy Smelt Lady Thirkleby 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England