Lieutenant General Sir William Edmund Franklyn, KCB (14 May 1856 – 27 October 1914) was a senior British Army officer who served as Military Secretary from 1911 to 1914.

Franklyn was born in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, the eldest surviving son of Rev.

[3] He was made Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment and served on the North West Frontier in India in 1897.

[3][5] Franklyn was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1902 Coronation Honours published on 26 June 1902,[6][7] and received the decoration from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902.

[8] Franklyn became commander of 10th Infantry Brigade with the temporary rank of brigadier general on 15 October 1902.