Oglethorpe family
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In reply to:
DR.OWEN OGLETHORPE, Bishop; 16th Century
10/27/99
I was a pupil many years ago at Tadcaster Grammar School (which is in the country about 2 miles from Oglethorpe, a location near Tadcaster). The school crest, a boar's head in each quarter of a shield, presumably taken from the arms of Bishop Oglethorpe, also appears in Savannah, GA., for example on a memorial in one of the parks in the centre of the old part of the city. I assume this was adopted from General Oglethorpe's arms and thus, indirectly supports a link between Bishop and General.
Warwick W. Bartle