Richard Penn, Sr.

Richard Penn (17 January 1706 – 4 February 1771) was a proprietary and titular governor of the province of Pennsylvania and the counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex (which three now comprise the state of Delaware) on the Delaware River.

Born in Bristol, England, he was the third son of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, by his second wife, Hannah Margaret Callowhill. He married Hannah, daughter of John Lardner, and had two sons, John and Richard, both of whom also served as provincial governors of Pennsylvania.

On May 12, 1732 Richard with his brothers John Penn and Thomas Penn, as the proprietors of Pennsylvania, signed an order to create a commission. This order was directed to Governor Gordon, Isaac Norris, Samuel Preston, James Logan, and Andrew Hamilton, Esquires, and to the gentlemen James Steel and Robert Charles. The commission, which was to be made up of at least three or more of these individuals, was given full power on behalf of the proprietors for the “running, marking, and laying out” of any boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland. This was in accordance to the agreement signed between the Penn brothers and Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore on May 10, 1732.

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Richard Penn

Richard Penn may refer to:

Richard Penn, Sr. (1706–1771), younger son of William Penn and joint proprietor of Pennsylvania

Richard Penn (governor) (c. 1735–1811), his son, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 1771–1773, and British Member of Parliament

Richard Penn (actor), American TV actor

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Richard Penn (FRS)

Richard Penn (1784–1863) was an English official of the Colonial Office and writer, the younger son of Richard Penn (1736–1811) the Member of Parliament. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 18 November 1824, and died unmarried at Richmond, Surrey, on 21 April 1863.

Works

Penn wrote:

On a New Mode of Secret Writing, 1829, on a cipher.

Maxims and Hints for an Angler, and Miseries of Fishing, illustrated by Sir Francis Chantrey London, 1833, with Maxims and Hints for a Chess Player, with portrait-caricatures by Chantrey of the author and himself. An enlarged edition was published in 1839, and another, containing Maxims and Hints on Shooting, appeared in 1855.

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Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Penn, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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Richard Penn (actor)

Richard Penn is an American television and film actor, notable for playing minor roles, often portraying strict but reassuring characters, such as doctors, police officers and lawyers.

Among his film credits are minor roles in Sleepwalkers, the 1998 adaption of Doctor Dolittle, and the 1999 live version of Inspector Gadget.

On television, Penn has played supporting characters in episodes of The Golden Girls, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Melrose Place, Murphy Brown, ER, The Practice, Moesha, Malcolm in the Middle, Ally McBeal, The West Wing, JAG, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, The Bold and the Beautiful, Joan of Arcadia, Desperate Housewives and other series.