WILLIAM FRANKLIN

• Born: February 22, 1730
• Died: November 17, 1813
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• Profession: Soldier, Colonial Administrator

William Franklin FRSE 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.)