John Beeching Frankenburg

John Beeching Frankenburg (19 April 1921 – 11 July 1981), was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician.

Background

Frankenburg was the son of Sidney Frankenburg JP and Charis Frankenburg, MA Oxon, SCM, JP.[1] Sidney Frankenburg had founded the first Jewish branch of the British Legion.[2] Charis Frankenburg was with Mary Stocks the co-founder of the Manchester and Salford Mothers Clinic and was eventually made a ‘Freeman’ of the City of Salford. He was educated at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire and Balliol College, Oxford where he received a Master of Arts (Hons Jurisprudence). In 1952 he married Pamela Holmes. They had two sons.[3]

Professional career

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. In 1942 while serving in North Africa he was taken prisoner by the Germans. While a prisoner of war in Germany he continued his law studies and passed his first Bar examination.[6] In 1945 he was invalided out of the Army.[7] In 1947 he was Called to the Bar, by the Inner Temple. He practised in London and on the Oxford circuit.[8] In 1955 he had published 'The Young Lawyer' written with J. L. Clay and John Arnold Baker. In 1958 he became Assistant Legal Adviser to the Director of Public Prosecutions. In 1960 he took up an appointment with the British Council. In 1964 he became the British Council's Legal Adviser.[9]

Political career

While at University Frankenburg joined the Liberal Party. In 1947 he was President of Oxford University Liberal Club. He was Chairman of the Union of University Liberal Societies.[10] He became Vice-Chairman of the National League of Young Liberals.[11] In 1947 he was elected to the Liberal Party Council and to the Liberal Party National Executive. In 1949 he was a Liberal candidate, alongside Doreen Gorsky for Earl's Court ward in the Kensington Metropolitan Borough Council elections.[12] He was Treasurer of the World Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth.[13] He served as treasurer of the World Assembly of Youth 1950-1951.[14]

He was Liberal candidate for the Kensington South division of London at the 1950 General Election, finishing third;

General Election 23 February 1950: Kensington South[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Spens 32,870 73.1
Labour Marcel Philip Picard 8,002 17.8
Liberal John Beeching Frankenburg 4,079 9.1
Majority 24,868 55.3
Turnout 63,319 71.0
Conservative hold Swing

He became Chairman of the National League of Young Liberals.[16] He was Liberal candidate for the Berwick-upon-Tweed division of Northumberland at the 1951 General Election and finished third;

General Election 1951: Berwick-upon-Tweed[17] Electorate : 42,438
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Antony Lambton 17,632 52.70
Labour Thomas H. Jones 11,069 33.08
Liberal John Beeching Frankenburg 4,759 14.22
Majority 6,563 19.61
Turnout 78.84
Conservative hold Swing

He was Liberal candidate for the Nuneaton division of Warwickshire at the 1955 General Election and finished third;

1955 United Kingdom general election: Nuneaton[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Bowles 25,112 55.8
Conservative R Dermott D Griffith 14,828 33.0
Liberal John Beeching Frankenburg 5,048 11.2
Majority 10,284 22.9
Turnout 79.7
Labour hold Swing

He did not stand for parliament again.[19] By 1956 he had ceased active involvement with the Liberal Party at a national level. In 1971 he became a School Governor of St Andrew's School, Pangbourne, in Berkshire.[20]

References
  1. ‘FRANKENBURG, John Beeching’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Nov 2014
  2. The Times House of Commons, 1950
  3. ‘FRANKENBURG, John Beeching’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Nov 2014
  4. The Times House of Commons, 1950
  5. The Times House of Commons, 1951
  6. The Times House of Commons, 1950
  7. ‘FRANKENBURG, John Beeching’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Nov 2014
  8. The Times House of Commons, 1955
  9. ‘FRANKENBURG, John Beeching’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Nov 2014
  10. The Times House of Commons, 1951
  11. Who's Who of 475 Liberal Candidates fighting the 1950 General Election
  12. Twentieth Century Local Election Results Volume 2
  13. The Times House of Commons, 1950
  14. Eugene G. Schwartz (2006). American Students Organize: Founding the National Student Association After World War II : an Anthology and Sourcebook. American Students Organize. p. 780. ISBN 978-0-275-99100-5.
  15. British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S.
  16. The Times House of Commons, 1951
  17. British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S.
  18. British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S.
  19. British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S.
  20. ‘FRANKENBURG, John Beeching’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Nov 2014
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