Please answer the following question: Facts:   - death place: lee -lrb- then part of county kent -rrb-    - preceded: francis bernard william bull ii    - order: 11º of south carolina royal governor of new jersey 28º colonial governor    - monarch: george iii george iii    - death date: 25 september 1812      - term end: 1761 14 may 1764    - succeeded: josiah hardy william bull ii    - term start: 1760 5 april 1760    - birth date: 1730    - name: thomas boone    - birth place: england    - occupation: colonial administrator   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of thomas boone -lrb- governor -rrb- .
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thomas boone -lrb- c. 1730 -- 25 september 1812 -rrb- was the 7th royal governor of new jersey and the 28th royal governor of south carolina .the new jersey town of boonton -lrb- boone town , booneton -rrb- is named in his honour .