Fran Šuklje (1849–1935) was one of the most important Slovenian politicians during the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century. His ancestors were originally from Lokvica in White Carniola, and he himself was born in Ljubljana as the son of a tax collector Martin Šuklje and Ana Grüneis. After entangling himself in a dispute with secondary-school teachers in 1866, he joined the volunteers in the war against Prussia, where he was injured and captured in the battle at Hradec Králové (Germ. Königgrätz). On returning home, he studied history in Vienna and then taught in Gorizia (Germ. Görz), Novo Mesto, Ljubljana, Wiener Neustadt, and Vienna, and he also actively engaged in politics. As a provincial and state deputy, he endeavored for the construction of the Lower Carniolan railroad. In 1908, he became the provincial governor of Carniola; that same year, Emperor Franz Josef raised him to nobility and a few months later granted him the title Edler. For his noble coat of arms, Šuklje selected a silver falcon with a golden hood, hovering above golden mountain peaks.
The coat of arms in stylized form is also depicted above the entrance to the building on the corner of modern Šubičeva and Beethovnova streets in Ljubljana. The building, once housing not only the Šukljes’ family residence but also rental apartments, was constructed in 1929 by Milan Šuklje (1881–1937), Fran’s thirdborn son. Milan was an economist, provincial deputy in Austria-Hungary, and then the president of the Chamber of Engineers and the co-founder of the Ljubljana Trade Fair in Yugoslavia. His marriage to Štefanija Osole produced the daughters Rapa (born under the name Marija Rozalija; 1923–2013), later a publicist and translator, and Majolka (Milena; 1926–1997), who became a stage actress. Both are also depicted on the carved coat of arms as the supporters of the escutcheon.

Sources:
Rugále, Mariano in Preinfalk, Miha: Blagoslovljeni in prekleti. 1. del: Plemiške rodbine 19. in 20. stoletja na Slovenskem. Ljubljana: Viharnik, 2010, pp. 179–187.