William Franklin

William Franklin FRSE (c. 1730 – November 1813) is an American-born attorney, a colonial administrator, and the acknowledged illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin.

The last colonial Governor of New Jersey (1763–1776), Franklin is a steadfast Loyalist throughout the American Revolutionary War.

As his father is one of the most prominent Patriots and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, their differences cause an irreconcilable break between them.

Following imprisonment during the war, in 1782 the younger Franklin goes into exile in Britain.

He lives in London until his death.

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