Wife of Sir Theophilus Oglethorp of Godalming, and daughter of Mr. Richard Walls of Rogane in Ireland. She was the mother of General Oglethorp, the patron of Johnson, and the admired of Pope as the type of benevolence —
'One, driven by strong benevolence of soul,
Shall fly, like Oglethorp, from pole to pole.'
Lady Oglethorp was a woman of ability — 'so cunning a devil,' says Swift, 'that she had great influence as a reconciler of the differences at Court.'