# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sir-francis-bernard-1st-baronet
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:45:16.913Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sir-francis-bernard-1st-baronet"
name: "Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet"
slug: "sir-francis-bernard-1st-baronet"
description: "Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the colonies of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay. His uncompromising policies and harsh tactics in Massachusetts angered the colonists and were instrumental in the building of broad-based opposition within the province to the rule of Parliament in the events leading to the American Revolution."
tagline: "British colonial administrator (1712-1779)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FrancisBernard.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1712-07-12"
deathDate: "1779-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.9
  momentum:             14.90147009314331
  historical:           7.425848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Francis_Bernard"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bernard%2C_1._Baronet"
    title: "Francis Bernard, 1. Baronet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Francis_Bernard%2C_1st_Baronet"
    title: "Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bernard_(administrateur_colonial)"
    title: "Francis Bernard (administrateur colonial)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bernard"
    title: "Francis Bernard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89_(%E5%88%9D%E4%BB%A3%E6%BA%96%E7%94%B7%E7%88%B5)"
    title: "フランシス・バーナード (初代準男爵)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Бернард, Фрэнсис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Френсіс Бернард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368299"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump