Major-General Patrick Tonyn (1725 – 30 December 1804) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of East Florida from 1774 to 1784.

His governorship lasted the span of the American Revolutionary War, with East Florida being a Loyalist stronghold during the conflict.

During his tenure as governor of East Florida the colony enjoyed peace with the neighboring Indians, primarily due to his positive relationship with Ahaya the Cowkeeper, chief of the Alachua band of the Seminole tribe.

After a 1776 raid from Georgia, Tonyn was forced to give up this land for a plot east of the St. Johns River.

[4] From 1778 – 1785, Governor Tonyn lived in the coquina dwelling at 143 St. George Street in St. Augustine, in what is known today as the Peña-Peck House, run by the Woman's Exchange of St.

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