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Authorised form of nameOglethorpe; James Edward (1696 - 1785)
Dates1696 - 1785
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth22 December 1696
Place of deathCranham, Gloucestershire
Date of death01 July 1785
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Cranham Church
OccupationSoldier
ActivityCareer:
Obtained a Commission in the British Army (1710); MP for Haslemere, Surrey (1722); sailed with 120 settlers to Georgia and founded the town of Savannah (1732); General (1743); served against the Jacobite rebels in Britain (1745); accused of misconduct by the Duke of Cumberland, court martialled, was acquitted, but left the army; was a friend of Walpole, Goldsmith, Burke and Dr Johnson
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/11/1749
Date of ejection or withdrawalEjected for non-payment of arrears (09 June 1757)
RelationshipsThird son of Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe, Brigadier General
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; JB
CodeNA6826
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1749/13Oglethorpe, James Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society9 November 1749
IM/003359Oglethorpe, James Edward30 June 1785
MS/391/72Bond of James Oglethorp to the Treasurer of the Royal Society16 November 1749
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