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3 unusual facts about Julia Frankau


Aline Bernstein

Joseph was a cousin of London cigar importer Arthur Frankau and thus, by marriage, of novelist and art historian Frank Danby, whom Aline recalled visiting as a child when Joseph Frankau was performing in London.

Joan Frankau

Joan Bennett (1896-1986) was the daughter of London cigar importer Arthur Frankau (1849-1904) and writer Julia Frankau (1859-1916).

Rosemary Frankau

Arthur Frankau married Julia Davis, who was a celebrated novelist of satirical books.



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Rosemary Frankau

The Frankau Family monument in Hampstead Cemetery is monumental in every sense of the word; Grade II listed by English Heritage in 1999, it commemorates Arthur and Julia Frankau and their three sons.