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William Franks DL JP (23 July 1820 – 8 February 1879) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

Franks was born at Hatfield in July 1820. He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge. A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in 1846. Franks played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1845 to 1848, making seven appearances. He had little success in his seven matches, scoring 44 runs with a highest score of 16. Franks twice served the Marquess of Salisbury as his official private secretary at Hatfield House, in 1852 and 1858–9. He also served as both a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for Hertfordshire, in addition to being a captain in the Hertfordshire Militia. Franks died at St Leonards-on-Sea in February 1879, after suffering from a long illness.

References

1. ^ Dauglish, M. G.; Stephenson, P. K. (1911). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911 (3 ed.). London: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 150.
2. ^ Venn, John. Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 568.
3. "First-Class Matches played by William Franks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
4. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Franks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
5. Death of Mr William Franks, J.P.. Hertford Mercury and Reformer. 15 February 1879. p. 3

External links

• William Franks at ESPNcricinfo

• 1820 births
• 1879 deaths
• People from Hatfield, Hertfordshire
• People educated at Harrow School
• Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
• Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment officers
• Members of the Inner Temple
• English cricketers
• Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
• Deputy lieutenants of Hertfordshire
• English justices of the peace
• People from Hastings
• Military personnel from Hertfordshire
• 19th-century British Army personnel
• Hertfordshire Militia officers