General James Edward Oglethorpe

The Georgia (USA) link - at St Peter & St Paul, Godalming

 

The State flag of Georgia, USA, hangs in the south aisle of the church above a plaque commemorating the 250th anniversary of the departure (to found the colony of Georgia) of General James Edward Oglethorpe of Westbrook Manor, Godalming.

The State Governor led a party to Godalming in 1996 on the 300th anniversary of Oglethorpe's birth and gave the chandelier pictured below.
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Two interesting Web Sites which give many more details about James Edward Oglethorpe and the links between Godalming and Georgia can be found at www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/jeo300/contents.htm

www.friendsofoglethorpe.co.uk
In 1999 a party of the "Friends of Oglethorpe" went from Godalming to Georgia and presented to the Governor a gavel made from the ancient yew tree which grows outside the porch of St Peter & St Paul, and under which the young Oglethorpe walked on his way to worship.