Richard Bache

Richard Bache
Portrait of Bache, by John Hoppner
United States Postmaster General
In office November 7, 1776 – January 28, 1782
Appointed by	Continental Congress
Preceded by	Benjamin Franklin
Succeeded by	Ebenezer Hazard
Personal details
Born	(1737-09-12)September 12, 1737 Settle, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	April 17, 1811(1811-04-17) (aged 73) Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Spouse	Sarah Franklin ​ ​ (m. 1767; died 1808)​
Children	Benjamin Franklin Bache William Franklin Bache Sarah Franklin Bache Eliza Harwood Louis Franklin Bache Deborah Duane Richard Bache Jr. Sarah Sergeant

Richard Bache (September 12, 1737 – April 17, 1811), born in Settle, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, immigrated to Philadelphia, in the colony of Pennsylvania, where he was a businessman, a marine insurance underwriter, and later served as Postmaster-General of the American Post Office. He also was the son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin.