Richard Penn (FRS)

Richard Penn
Penn, 1834 lithograph
Born1784 (1784)
Died21 April 1863(1863-04-21) (aged 78–79)
Richmond, London
FatherRichard Penn (governor)

Richard Penn (1784–1863) was an English official of the Colonial Office and writer, the younger son of Richard Penn (1736–1811) the Member of Parliament. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 18 November 1824, and died unmarried at Richmond, Surrey, on 21 April 1863.

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