Samuel Ogle
Samuel Ogle, portrait at Mount Airy
5th, 7th, and 9th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government
In office
1731–1732
Preceded byBenedict Leonard Calvert
Succeeded byCharles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
In office
1733–1742
Preceded byCharles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
Succeeded byThomas Bladen
In office
1746/47–1752
Preceded byThomas Bladen
Succeeded byBenjamin Tasker Sr.
Personal details
Bornc. 1694
Northumberland, England
Died(1752-05-03)3 May 1752
Annapolis, Maryland
Spouse
Anne Tasker
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(m. 1741)​
Residence(s)Belair Mansion, Collington, Maryland,
what is now known as Ogle Hall in Annapolis, Maryland
Professionpolitician

Samuel Ogle (c. 1694 – 3 May 1752) was the 16th, 18th and 20th Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1731 to 1732, 1733 to 1742, and 1746/1747 to 1752.

Background

The Ogle family was quite prominent for many centuries in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England. He was the eldest son of Samuel Ogle (1659–1719), Member of Parliament for Berwick, and commissioner of the revenue for Ireland, by his second wife, Ursula, daughter of Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet, and widow of Altham Annesley, 1st Baron Altham.[1] The Ogles descended from the Barons Ogle, an ancient Northern English Family allied with the Manners of Rutland, Cavendish's of Newcastle, Barons de Ros, and ancient Norman House of Percy.[2]

Governorship

Samuel Ogle became a captain of a cavalry regiment in the British Army. Appointed as Provincial Governor of Maryland by Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore on 7 December 1731, he was dispatched to Colonial America in 1732. [3]

Cresap's War

Under Ogle's leadership Maryland quickly became engaged in a border dispute with Pennsylvania.[4] Several settlers were taken prisoners on both sides and Penn sent a committee to Governor Ogle to resolve the situation.[4] Rioting broke out in the disputed territory (now known as Cresap's War) and Ogle appealed to the King George II for resolution.[4]

Faced with this situation, Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore arrived in Maryland and assumed charge of the colony in December 1732.[4] Upon Calvert's arrival, Ogle retired from the governorship[3] for the first time. He would do this twice more. He resumed the governorship in 1733.

The border dispute would not be settled until 1767 when the Mason-Dixon line was recognized as the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania.[5]

Return to England

In 1740, Ogle was dispatched to England following England's declaration of war against Spain and left Benjamin Tasker Sr. with power of attorney and "the task of supervising the construction of a new house at Belair."[6]

In 1741, Ogle married the much younger Anne Tasker (1723–1817), daughter of Benjamin Tasker Sr. and Anne Bladen.[3]

Belair and Horse Racing

In 1743, Benjamin Tasker built the Belair Mansion on a 7,000-acre (28 km2) tobacco plantation in Collington, Maryland, now known as Bowie, Maryland on behalf of Ogle. Upon his return to the Province, Ogle founded the "Belair Stud," a stable of thoroughbred horses at Belair that would continue in operation for more than 200 years. A lover of his native country's popular sport of thoroughbred horse racing, Ogle is credited with introducing the sport to North America, staging the first English-style race at Annapolis, Maryland in 1745.[6]

Death and legacy

His Wife, Anne Tasker

Samuel Ogle died in 1752 and was interred at St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Annapolis. He and his wife Anne had five children: Anne, Samuel, Benjamin Ogle who became Governor of the State of Maryland, Mary and Mellora.[3]

Samuel Ogle Junior High School (now Middle School) in Bowie, Maryland, was named after him.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ogle, Samuel (1659–1719), of Bowsden, Northumb., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Warfield, The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland, 1905, p. 248–250.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Richardson, Hester Dorsey (1903). Side-lights on Maryland History: With Sketches of Early Maryland Families. Baltimore, Maryland: Williams and Wilkins Company. pp. 190–193. ISBN 0-8063-0296-8.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Warfield, Joshua Dorsey (July 1905). The Founders of Anne Arundel And Howard Counties, Maryland. Baltimore, Maryland: Kohn & Pollock. p. 208. ISBN 0-8063-7971-5.
  5. ↑ Bayliff, William H. The Maryland-Pennsylvania and the Maryland-Delaware boundaries. Annapolis : Maryland Board of Natural Resources, 1959.
  6. 1 2 Baltz, Shirley Vlasak (1984). A Chronicle of Belair. Bowie, Maryland: Bowie Heritage Committee. pp. 14–19. LCCN 85165028.
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