James Oglethorpe, English general and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Georgia (born 1696)

James Oglethorpe

British Army officer and politician (1696–1785)

Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe was a British Army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's "worthy poor" in the New World,…

List of colonial governors of Georgia

This is of the governors of the Province of Georgia from 1732 until 1782, including the restored Loyalist administration during the War of American Independence.