Cornell Franklin

Cornell Sidney Franklin (1892–1959) was an American lawyer, judge and politician who served as the chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council from 1937 to 1940.

A claim by Chalaire against Franklin was heard in the United States Court for China for the agreed price of the sale of the firm.

Franklin along with the Secretary General of the Council, Stirling Fessenden were involved with a number of negotiations with the Japanese to maintain the independence of the International Settlement.

[3] Franklin was interned by the Japanese during World War II; early in the morning of November 5, 1942, he was arrested by officers of the Kempeitai and held in the Haiphong Road Camp in Shanghai.

[4] He returned to America on board the MS Gripsholm with other Americans after transferring in a Goa, India, then a Portuguese colony and a neutral port.

(Bryan was imprisoned for 18 months as a spy before being released via Hong Kong in 1952)[7] Franklin married Estelle Oldham in April, 1918, and they had two children, Victoria and Malcom.

Franklin with G. Godfrey Phillips , Secretary of the SMC, in 1939
Cornell Franklin Civil Commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps takes the salute in the 1938 Annual Parade
The Teia Maru , on which Franklin was repatriated
Franklin and Estelle Oldham at UMiss in 1913