John Penn (governor)
(1729-1795)
English-born colonial administrator
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John Penn (14 July 1729 – 9 February 1795) was an English-born colonial administrator who served as the last governor of colonial Pennsylvania, serving in that office from 1763 to 1771 and from 1773 to 1776. Educated in Britain and Switzerland, he was also one of the Penn family proprietors of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1771 until 1776, holding a one-fourth share, when the creation of the independent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania during the American Revolution removed the Penn family from power.
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14 July 1729 London, England
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9 February 1795 (aged 65) Pennsylvania, United States
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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