| 词条 | Charles Ogilvie (merchant) |
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Charles Ogilvie (c. 1731–1788) was a plantation owner, merchant and politician who sat in the British House of Commons in 1774 and 1775. Early LifeOgilvie was the fourth son of James Ogilvie of Auchiries, Aberdeen and his wife Margaret Strachan. He emigrated to South Carolina and by 1755 he was a member of the import/export firm, Ogilvie and Ward at Charleston. He married Mary Michie, daughter of James Michie, chief justice of South Carolina in about 1760.[1]. By marriage and purchase he acquired plantations which produced mainly rice but also indigo. Ogilvie became friendly with Alexander Garden, a Scottish botanist in Charles Town. In 1761 Ogilvie returned to Britain to manage the London end of a new firm of Charles Ogilvie and John Forbes. He had letters of introduction from Garden, and was to act as his agent, while Garden would look after his estates in South Carolina.[2] In 1774 Ogilvie took his nephew George Ogilvie to South Carolina’ Carolina. He then left Carolina for England late June 1774 leaving his nephew George to look after the business in Carolina. George was supported by Garden and eventually acquired his own estates.[2] Political careerOgilvie was returned as Member of Parliament for West Looe at the 1774 general election. In May 1775 he resigned his seat, possibly because the interruption of trade had affected his financial position.[1] Later life and legacyOgilvie went back to Carolina after the war in 1784 and petitioned the South Carolina General Assembly for the return of his plantations. The Alexandria Plantation in Beaufort county was eventually returned to his sons, Charles and John, although 499 acres had already been sold to an American officer[3] whereas the Richfield plantation was eventually fully returned to his sons.[4] Ogilvie himself did not revisit Carolina, although his children settled there. Ogilvie died in 1788 some time before 18 October.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/ogilvie-charles-1731-88 | title= OGILVIE, Charles (c.1731-88), of Pall Mall, London| publisher= History of Parliament Online| accessdate = 13 November 2017}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|gb}}{{s-bef2. ^1 {{cite book |url= https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CWz-AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA53|page=53 |title= Red, White, and Black Make Blue: Indigo in the Fabric of Colonial South Carolina Life.|author= Andrea Feeser |publisher= University of Georgia Press| date=2013 |accessdate= 13 November 2017}} 3. ^South Carolina Plantantions Alexandria Plantation – Yemassee – Beaufort County 4. ^South Carolina Plantantions Richfield Plantation – Yemassee – Beaufort County | before = James Townsend | before2 = William Graves }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for West Looe | years = 1774–1775 | with = Sir William James }}{{s-aft | after = Sir William James | after2 = John Rogers }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogilvie, Charles }} 4 : 1730s births|1788 deaths|British MPs 1774–80|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies |
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