James Oglethorpe
✓ Source-basedrisingBritish Army general, founder of the Georgia colony (1696-1785)
Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe was a British army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America.
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Thomas Bambridge (standing, far left) being questioned by Oglethorpe (believed to be the figure seated, far left, in front of Bainbridge) of the parliamentary Gaols Committee.
Oglethorpe and the Indians, frieze in the United States Capitol Rotunda. Photo courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol
Oglethorpe (centre, in black) and the trustees meeting with a Yamacraw delegation led by Tomochichi in 1734![Statue of James Oglethorpe at the Augusta Common, an open space he personally designed when co-founding the city in 1735.[82]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/James_Oglethorpe_Statue_Augusta_GA.jpg/500px-James_Oglethorpe_Statue_Augusta_GA.jpg)
Statue of James Oglethorpe at the Augusta Common, an open space he personally designed when co-founding the city in 1735.[82]
Oglethorpe greeting Highland settlers in Darien on 22 February 1736
The Duke of Cumberland by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of James Boswell by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1785Awards 1
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Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe was a British army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's "worthy poor" in the New World, initially focusing on those in debtors' prisons.
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