Background
Bernard, Francis was born in July 1712 in Nettleham, England. Son of Review Francis and Margery (Winlowe) Bernard.
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Francis Bernard
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Scholar Saint Peter’s College, Westminster, 1725. Graduate Oxford (England) University, 1736, Doctor of Civil Law (honorary), 1772.
Career
Admitted to Middle Temple, 1733, called to bar, 1737. Provincial counsel, Lincoln, England, 1737-1758. Governor New Jersey 1758-1760, Massachusetts, 1760-1769, removed from office because of poor administrative abilities and harsh policies, returned to England.
Created baronet, Sir Francis Bernard of Nettlebaum, 1769.
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Married Amelia Offley, 1741, 8 children.
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British