Arthur Ellis Franklin


Arthur Ellis Franklin was a British merchant banker and senior partner of Keyser & Co.

Early life

He was the son of the merchant banker Ellis Abraham Franklin, and came from a prominent Anglo-Jewish family, originally Fraenkel, that arrived in England in the 18th century.

Career

Franklin was senior partner of A. Keyser & Co.

Personal life

His wife was Caroline Jacob. They had six children: Jacob Franklin; Alice Franklin, manager of the Townswomen's Guild; Cecil Arthur Franklin, chairman of the publishers Routledge; Hugh Franklin, a campaigner for women's suffrage and later Labour politician; Helen Caroline Franklin, CBE, a social worker and politician; and Ellis Arthur Franklin, also a merchant banker.