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Admiral Sir William Penn, 1621–1670 by Sir Peter Lely, painted 1665–1666.

Sir William Penn (1621–1670) was an English admiral, and the father of William Penn, founder of the colony of Pennsylvania.


In the First Anglo-Dutch War, he served in the navy of the Commonwealth of England, commanding squadrons at the battles of the Kentish Knock (1652), Portland, the Gabbard and Scheveningen (1653).


At the Restoration he was sent in the Naseby (later the Royal Charles) to fetch king Charles II over to England.


In the Second Anglo-Dutch War he was captain of the fleet at the Battle of Lowestoft in 1665 under James Stuart, Duke of York.


He is mentioned numerous times in the diary of Samuel Pepys.


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William Penn - MSN Encarta (405 words)
William Penn (1644-1718), English Quaker and the founder of the colony of Pennsylvania.
After the accession of William III, king of England and Ireland, Penn was twice accused of treason and of corresponding with the exiled James II, but he was aquitted.
Penn’s accomplishments during this visit included the suppression of piracy, the granting of a charter to Philadelphia, and the issuance of the Charter of Privileges, a guarantee of religious freedom.
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