Admiral Sir William Penn was an English naval officer and politician who represented Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in the House of Commons of England from 1660 to 1670. His son William Penn, the founder
Portrait by Sir Peter Lely, 1665–1666
Macroom Castle gatehouse
Penn's memorial in St Mary Redcliffe church in Bristol
Penn's son William at 22 years old in 1666; he later founded the Province of Pennsylvania, one of the initial Thirteen Colonies in British America
Province of Pennsylvania
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The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British colony situated on the Mid-Atlantic seaboard of North America. The colony was founded for religious thinker William P
William Penn (Royal Navy officer)
…politician who represented Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in the House of Commons of England from 1660 to 1670. His son William Penn, the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, named the colony after him. Penn was born in St Thomas Parish in Bristol, England, to Captain Giles Penn, an English military officer and consul of…
Print by Thomas Campanius Holm depicting Lenni Lenape ("Original People"). Published in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1702.
The Birth of Pennsylvania 1680 by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Benjamin West's 1771 portrait of William Penn's 1682 treaty with the Lenape
William Penn, entitled The True and absolute Proprietor of Pennsylvania