Author: Ogle, John
Biography:
OGLE, John (fl 1778)
Saturday Noon; or, The Pitman’s Frolick, a poem about a pitman who gets drunk on his day off, which includes some passages of dialect, was printed in Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1778 and published anonymously. The attribution is based on a contemporary ms note on the BL copy which affirms—on what authority is not known—that the poem is “by John Ogle.” The only other man of that name who published a book recorded in ECCO was the lieutenant-colonel in command of the 128th Regiment of Foot who protested against the sentence of suspension handed down at his court-martial in 1800. Col. John Ogle, born in Eglingham, Northumberland, in 1758, died following a carriage accident near his home, Brixtable Cottage, Mortlake, Surrey, on 29 Jul. 1830, leaving a widow and seven children. It seems very unlikely that they were the same person but no alternatives have so far been identified. (ancestry.com 20 Mar. 2024; findmypast.com 20 Mar. 2024; Baldwin’s London Weekly Journal 31 Jul. 1830)
Other Names:
- J. Ogle