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Samuel Ogle
1752May, 3

Samuel Ogle

Samuel Ogle, English-American captain and politician, 5th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government (b. 1692)
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.

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