18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 32

[cahn]

:) Still talking about Charles XII of Sweden / the Great Northern War and the Stuarts and the Jacobites, among other things!

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Re: Earl of Mar

[selenak]

This Oglethorpe.

Re: Earl of Mar

[luzula]

Ah! It looks like he's the brother of the ones I'm reading about; more anon.

Re: Earl of Mar

[mildred_of_midgard]

Cool! Looking forward to it. Americans (or at least cahn and I) have all learned about Oglethorpe in school, multiple times, thanks to him founding the colony of Georgia. Seeing him show up in Frederick the Great history, and especially under a different name (Tebay), was a bit of a shock!

Re: Earl of Mar

[cahn]

Yep! If you founded an American colony, I've heard your name, multiple times. (My kids apparently aren't learning this stuff in school... I have no idea what they will come out with in their memories.) I was wondering if he was related!

Re: Earl of Mar

[selenak]

I have to say, as colony founders go, Oglethorpe - anti slavery, forbids it (which makes how Georgia turned out after him a bitter irony), falls out with William "The Butcher" Cumberland over the treatment of Scottish rebels, goes undercover to serve with James Keith, is with him and takes care of his slain body in a dangerous battle - sounds like a really good egg!