[4] Franklyn also had at least one son, George Arden, by wife Mary June, who died in Meerut, Bengal in 1852 at the age of 23.
[2][8] Franklyn was first elected Conservative MP for Poole in 1852 and held the seat until 1865,[9] when he did not seek re-election.
[10] In 1854, Franklyn was almost killed but narrowly escaped injury by cannon-fire set off near the Forest-hill railway station, Sydenham.
[11] In 1855, Franklyn served as president of The Gloucestershire Society,[12]: 164 a charitable organization established in 1657.
[15] At the time of his death, Franklyn was noted as having the title of Deputy-Lieutenant for Middlesex,[14] an honor he appears to have garnered in 1855.