Samuel Ogle
| Samuel Ogle | |
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| 5th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government | |
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In office 1731–1732 |
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| Preceded by | Benedict Leonard Calvert |
| Succeeded by | Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore |
| 7th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government | |
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In office 1733–1742 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Bladen |
| 9th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government | |
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In office 1746/47–1752 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Bladen |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Tasker, Sr. |
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| Born | c. 1694 Northumberland, England |
| Died | 3 May 1752 Annapolis, Maryland |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Tasker |
| Residence |
Belair Mansion, Collington, Maryland, what is now known as Ogle Hall in Annapolis, Maryland |
| Profession | politician |
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.
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.
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.
Under Ogle's leadership Maryland quickly became engaged in a border dispute with Pennsylvania. Several settlers were taken prisoners on both sides and Penn sent a committee to Governor Ogle to resolve the situation. Rioting broke out in the disputed territory (now known as Cresap's War) and Ogle appealed to the King George II for resolution.
Faced with this situation, Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore arrived in Maryland and assumed charge of the colony in December 1732. Upon Calvert's arrival, Ogle retired from the governorship 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.
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."
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