William Franklin
(1731-1814)
American colonial administrator
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William Franklin FRSE (22 February 1730 – 17 November 1813) was an American-born attorney, soldier, politician, and colonial administrator. He was the acknowledged illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin. William Franklin was the last colonial Governor of New Jersey (1763–1776), and a steadfast Loyalist throughout the American Revolutionary War. (In contrast, his father Benjamin was one of the most prominent of the Patriot leaders of the American Revolution and a Founding Father of the United States.)
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1731 Philadelphia
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17 November 1814 (aged 83) London, England
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Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read · m. 1730
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