Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Franklin, William (2)

by Joseph Foster

Franklin, William, 'Juris. Municip. Consult.,' created M.A. 30 April, 1762, bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 10 Nov., 1758, last royal governor of H.M.'s province of New Jersey, North America, 1762 (son of Benjamin Franklin, see preceding page), died in Norton Street, London, 16 Nov., 1813, aged 82. See Ripley and Dana's American Cyclopædia.