George Ogle (1704 – 20 October 1746) was an English author, known as a translator.

Life

He was the second son of

Samuel Ogle Samuel Ogle ( 1694 – 3 May 1752) was the 16th, 18th and 20th Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1731 to 1732, 1733 to 1742, and 1746/1747 to 1752. Background The Ogle family was quite prominent for many centuries in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, No ...

(1659–1719), a Member of Parliament for Berwick, and commissioner of the revenue for Ireland, and Ursula, his second wife. Ursula was the daughter of Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet, and widow of Altham Annesley, 1st Baron Altham. His elder brother was

, the colonial governor of Maryland was. He was elected to the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords, House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, ...

as the member for Bannow in 1727, sitting until his death. Ogle died on 20 October 1746.

Works

Ogle's translations from

Anacreon Anacreon ( BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and erotic poems. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets. Anacreon wrote all of his poetry in the ancient Ionic dialect. Like all early ...

appeared as an appendix to James Sterling's ''Loves of Hero and Leander'' (1728), from the Greek of Musæus. The volume was dedicated to Ogle, who went on to publish other translations: * ''Basia; or the Kisses'', 1731. * ''Epistles of Horace imitated'', 1735. * ''The Legacy Hunter. The fifth satire of the second book of Horace imitated'', 1737. * ''The Miser's Feast. The eighth satire of the second book of Horace imitated, a dialogue between the author and the poet-laureate'',’ 1737. Other works were: *''Antiquities explained. Being a Collection of figured Gems, illustrated by similar descriptions taken from the Classics'' (1737), dedicated to the

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, and based on volume I of a similar collection published in Paris in 1732, ''Recueil de pierres gravées antiques'' by Michel Philippe Lévesque de Gravelle. *''Gualtherus and Griselda, or the clerk of Oxford's Tale'' (1739). *Contributions to ''Tales of Chaucer modernised by several hands'' (1741). Ogle covered the prologues and seven of the ''

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''. He also supplied a continuation of the squire's tale from the fourth book of

Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser (; – 13 January 1599 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) was an English poet best known for ''The Faerie Queene'', an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the House of Tudor, Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is re ...

's ''

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'', later issued separately as ''Cambuscan, or the Squire's Tale'' (1785).

Family

Ogle married Frances, the daughter and coheiress of Sir Thomas Twysden, 4th Baronet. Their only child was

George Ogle George Ogle (14 October 1742 – 10 August 1814) was an Irish Tory politician. Life He was born 14 October 1742, the only child of George Ogle (1704–1746). He was brought up at Rossminoge, near Camolin, County Wexford, under the care of ...

the politician.

Notes

Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Ogle, George 1704 births 1746 deaths Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wexford constituencies Irish MPs 1727–1760 18th-century English translators