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.‘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 Sidney Frankenburg had founded the first Jewish branch of the British Legion.The Times House of Commons, 1950 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.‘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
Professional career In 1940, while reading law at University, Frankenburg volunteered for the Army,The Times House of Commons, 1950 joining the Cheshire RegimentThe Times House of Commons, 1951 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.The Times House of Commons, 1950 In 1945 he was invalided out of the Army.‘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 In 1947 he was Called to the Bar, by the Inner Temple. He practised in London and on the Oxford circuit.The Times House of Commons, 1955 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.‘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
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.The Times House of Commons, 1951 He became Vice-Chairman of the National League of Young Liberals.Who's Who of 475 Liberal Candidates fighting the 1950 General Election 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.Twentieth Century Local Election Results Volume 2 He was Treasurer of the World Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth.The Times House of Commons, 1950 He served as treasurer of the World Assembly of Youth 1950-1951.
He was Liberal candidate for the Kensington South division of London at the 1950 General Election, finishing third;
He became Chairman of the National League of Young Liberals.The Times House of Commons, 1951 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.British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S. 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.‘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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