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- 1841-1873 (Creation)
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Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), rear admiral, Arctic explorer and lieutenant-governor, was born on 16 April 1786 at Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, ninth of the twelve children of Willingham Franklin and his wife Hannah, née Weekes. Franklin served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1837 to 1843. He disappeared while on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate the Northwest Passage in the North American Arctic.
For more information see: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/franklin-sir-john-2066
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Lady Jane Franklin was born on 4 December 1791, the daughter of John Griffin, silk weaver, of London, and Mary, née Guillemard. In 1828 she married (as his second wife) John Franklin, who was appointed lieutenant-governor of Van Diemen's Land in 1836. For more information see : http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/franklin-lady-jane-2065
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Presented to the Royal Society of Tasmania by the Scott Polar Institute, Cambridge, England, being
part of the Lefroy bequest to the Institute.
Received 1948-49
The Lefroy bequest included Lady Franklin's journals and copies of correspondence which are still at the Institute but photocopies are held by the Archives Office of Tasmania (NS.279)
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Letters and addresses of Sir John & Lady Jane Franklin
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This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.au
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The ambitions of Jane Franklin : Victorian lady adventurer / Alison Alexander. Allen & Unwin, 2013
http://encore.lib.utas.edu.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1760579
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The Lefroy bequest included Lady Franklin's journals and copies of correspondence which are still at the Institute but photocopies are held by the Archives Office of Tasmania (NS.279)
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HE Apr.2020