Owen Le Patourel Franklin

Owen Le Patourel Franklin FRCO, ARAM (14 August 1905 – July 1979) was an English composer and organist based in Doncaster and Ascot.

His father was Ralph Walter Franklin, a dealer in leather canvas goods, and his mother was Bertha Laine Le Patourel from whom he gained his middle name.

He won the Hubert Kiver Prize at the Royal Academy of Music in 1923.

He married Doris Mary Abey.

They had one son, Derek Owen, born 12 April 1933.