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| Penn, William. Adm. Fell.-Com. at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 6, 1795. [Eldest] s. of Richard Esq. (above), late Governor of Pennsylvania. B. June, 1776, in London. Matric. Michs. 1795. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 25, 1796. Capt., Surrey Militia. 'He was a kind, good-hearted man, and according to a common remark might truly be said to have been an enemy to no one but himself. More than this, he was a man of transcendant abilities, an excellent Classical scholar, and possessed of a wonderful memory, which he displayed by an extraordinary power of quotation in conversation. Among his favourite studies was genealogy, and on this and other topics, including occasional poetical contributions, he was formerly a correspondent of Mr Urban, generally under the signature of the Rajah of Vaneplysia (an anagram of Pennsylvania).' In 1794, when only 17, he published Vindiciae Britannicae, containing strictures on a pamphlet by G. Wakefield, entitled The Spirit of Christianity compared with the Spirit of the Times. Contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine, and the Anti-Jacobin. Spent much time in the Debtors' prison. George IV, when Prince of Wales, said, 'He was a Pen often cut (i.e. drunk) but never mended.' Died Sept. 17, 1845, in Nelson Square, Southwark; buried in St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 421; Inns of Court; D.N.B.) | William PENN Approx. lifespan: 1776–1845 Fell.-Com. St John's College adm1795:04:06 Eldest s. of Richard ESQ . (above), late Governor of: Pennsylvania , USA , b. London , 1776:06 Matric 1795:10MT: Adm. Lincoln's Inn: 1796:01:25 Captain: Surrey militia. "He was a kind, good-hearted man, and according to a common remark might truly be said to have been an enemy to no one but himself. More than this, he was a man of transcendant abilities, an excellent Classical scholar, and possessed of a wonderful memory, which he displayed by an extraordinary power of quotation in conversation. Among his favourite studies was genealogy, and on this and other topics, including occasional poetical contributions, he was formerly a correspondent of Mr Urban, generally under the signature of the Rajah of Vaneplysia (an anagram of Pennsylvania , USA , )." In 1794,when only 17, he published Vindiciae Britannicae, containing strictures on a pamphlet by G. Wakefield, entitled The Spirit of Christianity compared with the Spirit of the Times Contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine , and the Anti-Jacobin Spent much time in the Debtors' prison. George IV, when Prince of Wales, said, "He was a Pen often cut (i.e. drunk) but never mended." d. Nelson Square, Southwark, [London], 1845:09:17 buried in St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, [Somerset], ( St John's College Adm., IV. 421; Inns of Court; D.N.B .) |