monarch death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor children imagesize title parents birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name occupation
george iii 13/16/17 november , yes 1813 1730 london josiah hardy philadelphia william livingston as governor of new jersey benjamin george washington franklin , francine franklin rizal benjamin josiah franklin josiah ii , elizabeth franklin brahms , george washington franklin , franklin francine franklin rizal ii , elizabeth franklin brahms , 245px 13th colonial governor of new jersey benjamin franklin ca. 1730 1763 elizabeth downes , mary johnson d'evelin williamfranklin.jpeg william franklin
 1776 william franklin soldier , colonial administrator
william franklin

william franklin -lrb- 1730 -- november 1813 -rrb- was an american soldier , attorney , and colonial administrator , the acknowledged illegitimate son of benjamin franklin .
he was the last colonial governor of new jersey -lrb- 1763 -- 1776 -rrb- .
franklin was a steadfast loyalist throughout the american revolutionary war .
as his father -lrb- benjamin franklin -rrb- was one of the most prominent patriots and one of the founding fathers of the united states , their differences caused an irreconcilable break between them .
following imprisonment during the war , in 1782 the younger franklin went into exile in britain .
he lived in london until his death .
