George Ogle (translator)

George Ogle (1704 – 20 October 1746) was an English author, known as a translator.

He was the second 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. Samuel Ogle the colonial governor of Maryland was his elder brother.

Ogle died on 20 October 1746.

Ogle's translations from Anacreon appeared as an appendix to James Sterling's Loves of Hero and Leander (1728, from the Greek of Musæus. The volume was dedicated to Ogle, who went on to publish other translations:

Other works were:

Ogle married the daughter and coheiress of Sir Thomas Twysden, 4th Baronet. Their only child was George Ogle the politician.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "". Dictionary of National Biography. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

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