Richard Penn Sr.

Richard Penn Sr.
Titular Governor of The Province of Pennsylvania and the Delaware River
In office 1746 – February 4, 1771 (his death)
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	None
Personal details
Born	(1706-01-17)17 January 1706 Bristol, England
Died	4 February 1771(1771-02-04) (aged 65) England

Richard Penn Sr. (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 then included present-day Delaware. He served as governor from 1746 to 1771. His father was William Penn, founder of the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania, one of the original Thirteen Colonies in British America