John Beeching Frankenburg (19 April 1921 – 11 July 1981), was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician.
He was educated at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire and Balliol College, Oxford where he received a Master of Arts (Hons Jurisprudence).
[3] In 1940, while reading law at University, Frankenburg volunteered for the Army,[4] joining the Cheshire Regiment[5] and in 1941 was given his first command serving in Egypt and Palestine.
While a prisoner of war in Germany he continued his law studies and passed his first Bar examination.
In 1949 he was a Liberal candidate, alongside Doreen Gorsky for Earl's Court ward in the Kensington Metropolitan Borough Council elections.
[16] He was Liberal candidate for the Berwick-upon-Tweed division of Northumberland at the 1951 General Election and finished third; He was Liberal candidate for the Nuneaton division of Warwickshire at the 1955 General Election and finished third; He did not stand for parliament again.