General James Edward Oglethorpe was a British army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British America. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's "worthy poor" into British colonies located at the New World, initially focusing on those in debtors' prisons.
- Occupation
- military personnel, politician, diplomat, abolitionist
- Position held
- member of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- December 22, 1696
