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FRAMPTON—FRANCE—FRANCILLON—FRANKLAND. FRAMPTON. 

entered the Navy, 18 Oct. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 98, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, stationed in the Mediterranean, where he successively joined, as Midshipman, the 98, Capt. John Erskine Douglas,  74, Capt. Henry Bazely, and  74, Capt. Wm. Paterson. After participating in the latter ship in the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, he sailed for India with the flag of Sir Rich. King, and there removed, in Feb. 1819, to the 36, Capt. John Brett Purvis. He afterwards served for some time with Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy in the 74, and  42, on the South American station, where he was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 31 May, 1822, in the  10, Capts. Arch. Maclean and Thos. Bourchier. He removed, on 18 Dec. in the latter year, to the 42, Capt. Fred. Edw. Venables, but invalided home in Aug. 1823, and has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Frampton married, 3 Aug. 1830, Caroline, second daughter of John Wood, Esq., of Worthing, co. Sussex.

 FRANCE. 

is son of Retired Commander Nathaniel Thos. France, R.N., who died in 1835; grandson of Nathaniel France, Esq., Surgeon R.N., a veteran who died in 1812; and great-grandson of the late Nathaniel France, Esq., Collector of the Customs at Waterford. This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, under whom, in 1799, he assisted at the defence of St. Jean d’Acre. During the last two years of the French revolutionary war, he served in the Mediterranean on board the 20, Capt. John Melhuish; and while afterwards attached, from March, 1804, to Oct. 1809, to the  12, Lieut.-Commander John Aitkin Blow, he saw much boat-service, and attended the expeditions to Copenhagen and the Walcheren. He then for 18 months officiated as Acting Sub-Lieutenant of the 10, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Warrand, and, after a further servitude of more than two years in the 32, Capt. Wm. Bowles, was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 26 Aug. 1814, in the 44, Capt. John Fyffe, which ship he left 26 June, 1816. Mi. France, who until lately held an appointment in the Coast Guard, has for 18 years been employed either in that service or in command of a Revenue-cruizer.

He married, in 1820, Ann, only daughter of John Vittery, Esq., a shipowner, by whom he has issue 11 children.

 FRANCILLON. 

, born 9 Nov. 1794, at Harwich, co. Essex, is brother of

This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1807, as a Volunteer, on board the 74, Capt. Rich. Dacres, bearing the broad pendant afterwards of the present Sir Geo. Cockburn, whom he successively accompanied into the, , , , , , and. He assisted, as Midshipman of the, at the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809; served in the during the ensuing expedition to Flushing; was in the  at the defence of Cadiz in 1812; and saw much detached service on the coast of America, where, in 1814-15, he took part in the storming of Washington, the attack upon Baltimore, and the occupation of St. Mary’s. He obtained his commission 1 March, 1815; and, from 20 March, 1822, until 1831, was employed in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the, , and , Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. Since the latter date he has been on half-pay.

Lieut. Francillon appears to have officiated for some time as Lloyd’s Agent and Surveyor at the port of Gloucester.

 FRANCILLON. 

, born 19 Sept. 1792, at Harwich, co. Essex, is son of the late Fras. Francillon, Esq., Purser R.N.; and brother of

This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1807, and from that period until Sept. 1814 served in the same ships, and, including we believe the attack upon Washington, shared in the same service as his brother; in addition whereto he received a wound in an affray with the Americans at Pungoteague. Being confirmed, in consequence of the latter occurrence, to a Lieutenancy, 5 Oct. 1814, in the 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, Mr. Francillon, on 14 Dec. following, previously to the attack on New Orleans, served with the boats of that ship and of a squadron at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which did not surrender until the British, after a desperate conflict, had been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. Returning to England in May, 1815, on board the 38, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, he next, on 29 March, 1820, obtained an appointment in the Water Guard, which he resigned on being transferred, in 1826, to the command of the  Revenue-cruizer. He left that vessel in April, 1830, and has not since been afloat.

On 3 April, 1832, Lieut. Francillon was appointed Harbour-Master at Gloucester.

 FRANKLAND. 

, born 10 Feb. 1797, at Bath, is next brother of

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 10 Aug. 1810; and embarked, 13 Jan. 1813, as a Volunteer, on board the 32, commanded by his cousin, Capt. Wm. Bowles, with whom he returned home from South America, in July, 1814, as Midshipman of 32. He subsequently served in the West Indies, and again on the South American station, in the 74, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, and in his old ship the, bearing the broad pendant of his relative, Commodore Bowles, who appointed him Acting-Lieutenant, 15 Oct. 1818, of the , Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff. At the period of his official promotion, which took place 26 March, 1819, Mr. Frankland was filling the confidential post of private Secretary to his Captain, then senior officer in the Pacific. In the following month he crossed the Andes and Pampas mountains as the bearer of despatches for the Admiralty, and on 26 April, 1825, after a servitude of three years and a half in the 42, as Flag-Lieutenant at Cork to his uncle. Lord Colville, he was promoted to the rank of Commander. His next appointment was, 4 Feb. 1840, to the 20, in which ship we find him discharging the duties of senior officer on the northern coast of Brazil, and in the Rio de la Plata, until July, 1842, when he was superseded, having been advanced to Post-rank on 23 of the previous Nov. He afterwards served as Secretary to Rear-Admiral Bowles on the Irish station from 29 May to 15 Sept. 1843; and from 8 Oct. 1845, until Oct. 1846, he had command of the  26, on the North America and West India station.

Capt. Frankland officiated as Page of Honour to Lord Colville at the coronation of George IV. He has published two books of travels. – Goode and Lawrence.

 FRANKLAND. 

, born 23 May, 1794, at Yarlington, is second son of the late Rev.