Ellis Abraham Franklin


Ellis Abraham Franklin was a British merchant banker.

Early life

He was the son of Abraham Franklin, a silversmith and licensed navy agent, who started in Portsmouth, then later moved to Liverpool and eventually Manchester. He came from a prominent Anglo-Jewish family, originally Fraenkel, that arrived in England from Breslau in the 18th century.

Career

He was born in Liverpool and educated at Manchester Grammar School. He joined the merchant bank that had been established by Samuel Montagu, married his sister Adelaide and became a partner in 1862.

Personal life

His son Arthur Ellis Franklin was a British merchant banker and senior partner of A. Keyser & Co. His other son, Sir Leonard Benjamin Franklin, was a barrister, banker and Liberal Party politician. His daughter Beatrice Franklin married Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, the Liberal politician who was party leader from 1931-35.

Death

Franklin died in 1909. Upon his death, he left an estate valued at GBP £511,000.