Oglethorpe is an

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surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Anne Oglethorpe Anne Henrietta Oglethorpe (1683–1756), whose name at baptism was entered in the register as An Harath Oglethorp, was an English Jacobitism, Jacobite agent who worked to restore James II of England, James II to the throne after he was deposed by t ...

(1683–1756), British Jacobite agent *

Eleanor Oglethorpe Eleanor Oglethorpe (1662–1732) was a courtier in the royal household during the reigns of Charles II and James II. She followed James II to France, where he was exiled after the Glorious Revolution. Eleanor and her husband Theophilus Ogle ...

(1662–1732, born as ''Eleanor Wall''), Irish Jacobite agent * Eleanor Oglethorpe de Mézières (1684–1775), English-French Jacobite *

James Oglethorpe James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 – 30 June 1785) was a British soldier, Member of Parliament, and philanthropist, as well as the founder of the colony of Georgia in what was then British America. As a social reformer, he hoped to re ...

(1696–1785), British Army general and founder of the Georgia colony *

Lewis Oglethorpe Lewis Oglethorpe (22 February 1681 – 30 October 1704) was an English Member of Parliament and soldier. He was educated at Middle Temple and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Oglethorpe entered parliament in 1702 as member for Haslemere, for wh ...

(1681–1704), English politician and soldier *

Owen Oglethorpe Owen Oglethorpe ( – 31 December 1559) was an English academic and Roman Catholic Bishop of Carlisle, 1557–1559. Childhood and Education Oglethorpe was born in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England (where he later founded a school), the third son ...

(c.1502–1559), English bishop * Theophilus Oglethorpe, Jr. (1684–1737), British politician

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