Father and son were like oil and water. They were two opposites so extreme in their personalities they guaranteed there would be friction between them. The son was wild, impetuous, spoiled to extreme by his doting mother, and incapable of controlling his anger. It was no secret James Oglethorpe hated his father. It was no secret Sir John was as stoic and as unbending toward his son as he was to the rest of the human race. What no one fully understood was the elder’s love for his son. Years earlier the two had parted company, with only his mother keeping in direct contact with her son. Yet even in this forced estrangement, not a day passed where the general was not well aware of his son’s health and well-being. One of the benefits of power the general often employed was the benefit of keepi
