Delano Franklyn

Delano Franklyn (c. November 23, 1959 – February 10, 2023) was a Jamaican attorney-at-Law, a Justice of the Peace and a Notary Public and one of the founding partners of the law firm Wilson & Franklyn.^[1]

In 1998 he was appointed the Chief Advisor to the then Prime Minister of Jamaica, P. J. Patterson.^[2] In 1999 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace. In 2000, he was among the distinguished graduates receiving the Millennium Award from the Mico Teachers College. In October 2002 he was appointed a Senator and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade with special responsibility for the Jamaican Diaspora and Overseas Communities.^[3]

Franklyn was the author and editor of several books: The Right Move - Corporate Leadership and Governance in Jamaica (2001), A Jamaican Voice in Caribbean and World Politics (2002), The Challenges of Change (2003), We Want Justice - Jamaica and the Caribbean Court of Justice (2005), Michael Manley –The Politics of Equality (2009), Sprinting into History – Jamaica and the 2008 Olympic Games (2009) and The Jamaican Diaspora: Building an Operational Framework (2010).^[4]

Spouses - Marcia Hartley (m.1994; div 2001)

Children - Tifanny Pierre, Maya Franklyn

Grandchildren - Ra'sharni Pinto, Ramari Pinto, Cassius Pierre

Tricia Gray (m.2014-2023)

Franklyn died on February 10, 2023, at the age of 63.^[5]