Benjamin Ogle (February 7, 1749 – July 6, 1809) was the Governor of Maryland from 1798 to 1801.
Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Ogle was the son of former Colonial American governor, Samuel Ogle. Educated in England, Benjamin Ogle became a member of the Maryland colonial council and would support the American Revolution.
He married Henrietta Margaret Hill in 1770 and they lived in a home at 247 King George Street in Annapolis which is now Alumni House for the U.S. Naval Academy's Alumni Association. Ogle became a friend of George Washington whose presidential records show he dined at Ogle's home on October 1, 1773. Ogle died in 1809 in Annapolis, Maryland. He is buried in Annapolis, Maryland.
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