John Penn (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Penn (writer)

politician, writer, chief proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania as of 1775

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1760

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 21-Jun-1834

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

John Penn (or John Penn, Jr.
or John Penn of Stoke) (22 February 1760 – 21 June 1834) was the chief proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania as of 1775 (now the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States) and a politician and writer.
He and his cousin, John Penn ("John Penn, the Governor") held unsold property, of 24,000,000 acres (97,000 km2), which the Pennsylvania legislature confiscated after the American Revolution. Penn lived in Philadelphia for five years after the Revolution, from 1783 to 1788, building a country house just outside the city.
He returned to Great Britain in 1789 after receiving his three-fourths portion of £130,000, the compensation for the proprietorship by the Pennsylvania government.
He and his cousin, John Penn, who remained a resident in US, received compensation from Parliament for their losses in the former colony. In 1798, he was appointed as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and served as a Member of Parliament (1802-1805).
He was appointed in 1805, as governor of the Isle of Portland.
Also a writer, he published in a variety of genres.