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<p>79.69.26.84: </p> <hr /> <div>''This is the page for the British surgeon. For the American founding father, see [[Benjamin Franklin]].''&lt;blockquote&gt;'''Sir Benjamin Franklin''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCIE}} (1844 – 17 February 1917) was a British [[surgeon]].&lt;/blockquote&gt;After being educated at [[University College, London]] and in [[Paris]], he entered the [[Indian Medical Service]] in April 1869, and worked at [[Lucknow]] and [[Shimla|Simla]]. In 1894 he was appointed personal physician to [[Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin|Lord Elgin, the Viceroy]], and held this position until 1899.<br /> <br /> He was appointed Director General of the [[Indian Medical Service]] on 2 December 1901, and was thus the highest ranked officer in the military medical service in [[British Raj|British India]]. The position was combined with that of Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, and ranked as a [[Major-General (British Army)|major general]],&lt;ref&gt;Hart′s Army list, 1903&lt;/ref&gt; though he also received the personal promotion to the rank of [[surgeon-general]] on the day of appointment.&lt;ref&gt;{{London Gazette | issue=27469 | date=29 August 1902 |page=5609}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> He was honorary physician to [[Queen Victoria]], [[King Edward VII]] and [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]], and served as the British delegate to the [[International sanitary conferences|International Sanitary Conferences]] at Rome in 1907 and Paris in 1911–12. He was appointed Knights Commander of India (KCIE) in 1908.&lt;ref name=List&gt;Great Britain. India Office {{google books|b2NPAAAAMAAJ|The India List and India Office List for 1905|page=145}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> *Obituary: p.&amp;nbsp;161, ''The Annual Register: a review of public events at home and abroad, for the year 1917''. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1918.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Franklin, Benjamin}}<br /> [[Category:1844 births]]<br /> [[Category:1917 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:British surgeons]]<br /> [[Category:Indian Medical Service officers]]<br /> [[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]]<br /> [[Category:Sanitary commissioners]]</div>

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