Theophilus Oglethorpe (born 1684)
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Theophilus Oglethorpe, junior (11 March 1684 – c. 1737) was an English Member of Parliament.
Oglethorpe entered Parliament in 1708 as member for Haslemere, for which his father Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe and older brother Lewis had previously been MPs, and which was later represented by his younger brother James. He served in two parliaments, retiring in 1713.
Like his father, who had been equerry to James II and had gone into exile with him after the Glorious Revolution, Oglethorpe was a Jacobite sympathiser and shortly afterwards fled abroad to join the Old Pretender; his sister, Anne, was rumoured to be the Pretender's mistress. He remained at the court-in-exile at Saint Germain for the remainder of his life.
[edit] References
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- www.godalming-museum.org.uk
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| Preceded by George Woodroffe and John Fulham |
Member of Parliament for Haslemere with Thomas Onslow 1708 Sir Nicholas Carew 1708-1710 Sir John Clerke 1710-1713 1708–1713 |
Succeeded by George Vernon and Thomas Onslow |
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