Richard Penn (governor)
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Richard Penn Jr. served as the lieutenant governor of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1771 to 1773, and was later as a member of the British Parliament from 1784 to 1791.
President's House in Philadelphia, which later served as the presidential mansion for George Washington and John Adams between 1790 and 1800
John Penn (governor)
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John Penn was an English-born colonial administrator who served as the last royal governor of colonial Pennsylvania, serving in that office from 1763 to 1771 and from 1773 to 1776. Educated in Britain
Richard Penn (governor)
…He was educated at Eton College and St John's College at the University of Cambridge before joining the Inner Temple. In 1763, Penn and his brother John visited the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania, where his family were sole proprietors. He was qualified as a councilor on 12 January 1764. In 1768…
John Penn, colonial governor of Pa
Anne Allen a 1763 portrait of John Penn's wife Anne by Benjamin West, now housed in the Cincinnati Art Museum