Franklin Lushington

Sir Franklin Lushington (4 January 1823 – 10 November 1901) was a British barrister and judge.

He was Chief Magistrate of the Metropolitan Police Courts in London from 1899 until his death, in succession to Sir John Bridge.

He was a member of the Supreme Council of Justice of the United States of the Ionian Islands, serving until 1858.

Franklin Lushington was a close friend of the writer Edward Lear, whom he met in Malta in 1849.

The imbalance of their emotions constantly troubled Lear, and his attempts at forming intimate relationships with men were not always fruitful.