TEXT OF READING 4915-1 M 42 (Musician, Dramatist)
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Date: 0/0/0 Sex: M Age: 42 ReadingID: 13024
No personal reading. Case number was given to preserve identity. [See 4915-1 Background.]
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No personal reading. Case number was given to preserve identity. [See 4915-1 Background.]
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Background
Background
B1. See 1992-1, 9/5/39, re past associations with [4915].
B2. See 1992-4, 9/14/40, Par. 38-A—44-A re [4915]‘s past associations and development, especially during the period of the first governor (Oglethorpe) of Georgia.
B3. Encyclopedia information on James Oglethorpe:
OGLETHORPE, JAMES EDWARD (1696-1785), English general and philanthropist, the founder of the state of Georgia, was born in London on Dec. 21, 1696, the son of Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe (1650-1702) of Westbrook Place, Godalming, Surrey. He entered Corpus Christi college, Oxford, in 1714, but in the same year joined the army of Prince Eugene. He became aid-de-camp to the prince, and served in the campaign against the Turks, 1716-17, more especially at the siege and capture of Belgrade. After his return to England he was in 1722 elected member of parliament. With the idea of providing an asylum for persons who had become insolvent, and for oppressed Protestants on the continent, he projected the settlement of colony in America between Carolina and Florida (see Georgia). In 1745 Oglethorpe was promoted to the rank of major-general. His conduct in connection with the Scottish rebellion of that year was the subject of the courtmartial, but he was acquitted. In 1765 he was breveted general. He died at Cranham Hall, Essex, in 1785.
Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe, the father, had four sons and four daughters, James Edward being the youngest son, and another James having died in infancy. Of the daughters, Anne Henrietta, Eleanor and Frances Charlotte (Bolingbroke’s “Fanny Oglethorpe”) may be specified as having played rather curious parts in the Jacobitism of their time, their careers are described in the essay on “Queen Oglethorpe” by Mr. A. Shield and A. Lang, in the latter’s HISTORICAL MYSTERIES (1904). See also Lives by Harris (1841), Wright (1867), Bruce (1890), and Harriet C. Cooper (1904).
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Summary
This reading provides biographical information about James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, and references other readings for past associations.
People: James Edward Oglethorpe, Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe, Anne Henrietta, Frances Charlotte, Mr. A. Shield, A. Lang, Harris, Wright, Bruce, Harriet C. Cooper
Places: England, Westbrook Place, Godalming, Surrey, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Belgrade, Georgia, Carolina, Florida, Essex
Concepts: philanthropy, military service, colonial settlement, Jacobitism, historical biography
Referenced readings: 1992-1, 1992-4
Mentioned Entities
Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 4915-1, ReadingID 13024.