Lewis Oglethorpe (22 February 1681 – 30 October 1704) was an English Member of Parliament and soldier. He was educated at

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and

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. Oglethorpe entered parliament in 1702 as member for

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, for which his father Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe had previously been MP and which was later represented by his brothers Theophilus, junior and

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. He was wounded at the

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in July 1704, and died as a result of his injuries three months later. , -

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1681 births 1704 deaths Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford English MPs 1702–1705 18th-century English soldiers English army officers British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession {{18thC-England-MP-stub