Sir Richard Franklin, 1st Baronet

Sir Richard Franklyn, 1st Baronet (1630–1685) of Moor Park, Hertfordshire was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1679.

Franklyn was the son of Sir John Franklyn of Willesden, Middlesex and his wife Elizabeth Purefoy, daughter of George Purefoy of Wadley Buckinghamshire. He was baptised at Willesden on 20 July 1630. He was admitted to Gray's Inn on 23 June 1648 and matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford on 19 March 1649. In May 1652 he purchased the Moor Park estate, selling the house to James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond in 1664 and the Manor of the More to Sir John Bucknall in 1672.

He was knighted at Whitehall on 14 July 1660 and was created a baronet on 16 October 1660. In 1661, he was elected Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire in the Cavalier Parliament.

Franklyn died at St Martin's in the Fields at the age of 55 and was buried at Willesden on 16 September 1685.

They had at least five daughters. Baptised in Richmansworth, Hertfordshire were Elizabeth Isabella (1662) and Eleanor (1664). Three other daughters (c 1665 – 1670) were Essex, Maria and Ellen. The information was taken from the will of Essex Franklyn, who died unmarried in 1739.