Francis Brandling

Sir Francis Brandling (1595 – 1641) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1624 to 1625.

[1] He inherited the Felling estate, but preferred to live at Alnwick Abbey.

[2] Brandling welcomed King James at Alnwick Abbey on 7 May 1617 for two nights.

[3] He was knighted at Brougham Castle, the seat of the Earl of Cumberland, on 8 August 1617.

[6] Brandling married, firstly, Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Sir Ralph Grey of Chillingham, Northumberland, and had five sons; and, secondly, Elizabeth Wheeler, widow of Richard Wheeler and daughter of Sir William Pitt of Stratfield Saye, Hampshire.