Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Lewis Oglethorpe
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Lewis Oglethorpe (22 February 1681 – 30 October 1704) was an English Member of Parliament and soldier.
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2011) |
He was educated at Middle Temple and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[1]
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 Battle of Schellenberg in July 1704, and died as a result of his injuries three months later.
Remove ads
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads