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.
Oglethorpe, který se narodil v prominentní britské rodině, opustil univerzitu v Anglii a kariéru v britské armádě a odcestoval do Francie, kde navštěvoval vojenskou akademii a poté v rakousko-turecké válce bojoval pod princem Evženem.
Eleanor Oglethorpe (1684–1775), later Marquise de Mézières, was an English Jacobite who settled in France after James II was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 [1 ] – 30 June 1785) was a British Army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America.
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.
British general James Oglethorpe would accomplish many things in his life, from English Law reform to the founding of Savannah and the colony of Georgia.
Dva Uchazeči o titul byli James Edward Stuart, známý jako Starý král a jeho syn Charles Edward Stuart, Mladý Uchazeč. Oba byli odhodláni zaujmout své místo – podle jejich názoru, jejich právoplatné místo – na britském trůnu.