He was the second son of Captain William H. Franklyn.
He arrived with his mother, brother and sisters from London in the Princess Royal 13/02/1860.
He was the pilot of the Grappler when she burned in Discovery Passage.
He died in the event.
Sidney Bay (BC)
Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
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