Constituency : Eye 1885-1906
Francis took the new seat of Eye in Suffolk.
Francis was born in Mauritius where his father was Governor . He was educated at Lausanne, Harrow and Oxford.
Francis was president of the Anglo-Armenian Association from 1892. He was on the Civil List Committee from 1901. He was Parliamentary Charity Commissioner from 1894 to 1895.
Francis stood down shortly after being re-elected in 1906.
Francis wrote an eclectic series of books including Historic Personality, The Case for the Armenians, Life of Robert Grosseteste Bishop of Lincoln and A History of Montenegro.
He died in 1938 aged 75.
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