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did not ultimately emerge into known or habitable regions until after his alarmed 

 subjects had dispatched at least one expedition for his discovery and relief." 

 "He loved adventure for adventure's sake, he reveled in strife, as strength and daring 

 always revel. The thirst for discovery of the unknown glowed in his veins with an 

 unquenchable and lifelong ardor." "He was a devourer of books of every kind." 



A trait of scientific inquiry was in others of his family. His brother James in 

 India became an officer of considerable scientific attainments and was employed 

 on important surveys and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. The well- 

 known archeologist, William Matthew Flinders Petrie, is stated to be a grandson 

 of Franklin's aunt. 1 



Other elements were a "dogged pertinacity and immovable self-control." 

 His mother was a woman of great resolution of character. " He was frank in speech 

 and bearing and had an open and affectionate disposition and a hot but generous 

 temper, quick impetuosity, and marvelously elastic spirits. His manner was very 

 quiet, as of one accustomed to command others." He received enthusiastic 

 devotion from his followers. 



FAMILT HISTORY OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. 



I 1 (F F), John Franklin. 12 (F M) , "a woman of masculine capacity"; kept a 



email shop. 13 (M F) , a substantial farmer. 



II 1 (F), WUlingham Franklin, in early youth was apprenticed to a grocer and draper in 

 Lincoln; became a banker. II 2 (M) Hannah . 



Fraternity of Propositus: III 3, Willingham Franklin (1779-1824), was educated at Oxford; 

 a barrister. In 1822 he was appointed puisne judge of the supreme court at Madras. Ill 4, 

 Elizabeth Franklin, died at an advanced age. Ill 7, Sarah Franklin, died early. Ill 8, Mr. 

 Selwood. Ill 9, James Franklin (1783-1834), entered the East India Company's service as a 

 cadet in 1805 and became an officer of considerable scientific attainment. He surveyed all of 

 Bundelkhand and executed a valuable map of that region. Ill 10, Hannah Franklin. Ill 11, 

 John Booth. Ill 13, Isabella Franklin. Ill 14, Thomas Robert Cracroft. Ill 15, Henrietta 

 Franklin, died hi extreme old age. Ill 16, Rev. Richard Wright. Ill 17 (first consort), Eleanor 

 Anne Porden, had poetical ability. Ill 18 (Propositus), SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. Ill 19, Jane Grif- 

 fin, sent out the relief expedition of 1857, which brought back the news of the fate of Sir John 

 Franklin and records of the voyage. 



IV 2, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England. IV 3, Mary Booth. IV 4, Sir 

 John Richardson (1787-1865), a famous surgeon and naturalist. IV 5, Canon Wright, Rector 

 of Coningsby, Lincolnshire. 



Child of Propositus: IV 6, Eleanor Franklin (born 1824). 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



MARKHAM, A. 1890. Life of Sir John Franklin and the Northwest Passage. New York: Dodd, 



Mead & Co. xii + 324 pp. 

 TRAILL, H. 1896. The Life of Sir John Franklin, R. N. London: J. Murray, 6 + 454 pp. 



1 Traill, 1896, states that Captain Matthew Flinders married an aunt of Franklin. The 

 name of Flindere's consort was Ann Chappell. The name of Franklin's mother is not known. 



