Theophilus Oglethorpe (born 1684)
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Theophilus Oglethorpe, junior (11 March 1684 – c. 1737) was an English Member of Parliament
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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.
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
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Oglethorpe entered Parliament in 1708 as member for Haslemere
Haslemere (UK Parliament constituency)
Haslemere was a parliamentary borough in Surrey, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1584 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-1584-1640:-1640-1832:Notes- References :...
, for which his father Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe
Theophilus Oglethorpe
Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe was an English soldier and MP.The son of Sutton Oglethorpe, he came of an old Yorkshire family from Bramham and he had loyally supported King Charles I against the Cromwellian forces, and in consequence suffered severely at the hands of the Puritans with his home and...
and older brother Lewis
Lewis Oglethorpe
Lewis Oglethorpe was an English Member of Parliament and soldier.Oglethorpe entered parliament in 1702 as member for Haslemere, for which his father Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe had previously been MP and which was later represented by his brothers Theophilus, junior and James.He was wounded at the...
had previously been MPs, and which was later represented by his younger brother James
James Oglethorpe
James Edward Oglethorpe was a British general, member of Parliament, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia...
. He served in two parliaments, retiring in 1713.
Like his father, who had been equerry to James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
and had gone into exile with him after the Glorious Revolution
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, is the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau...
, Oglethorpe was a Jacobite
Jacobitism
Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...
sympathiser and shortly afterwards fled abroad to join the Old Pretender
James Francis Edward Stuart
James Francis Edward, Prince of Wales was the son of the deposed James II of England...
; his sister, Anne, was rumoured to be the Pretender's mistress. He remained at the court-in-exile at Saint Germain
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a royal palace in the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the département of Yvelines, about 19 km west of Paris, France. Today, it houses the Musée d'Archéologie Nationale ....
for the remainder of his life.