David Graham Drummond Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie, KT (4 May 1826 – 25 September 1881),[1] styled Lord Ogilvy from birth until 1849, was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and rancher in Colorado.
The Earl of Airlie | |
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| Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland | |
| In office 1872–1873 | |
| Preceded by | The 10th Earl of Stair |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Rosslyn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Graham Drummond Ogilvy 4 May 1826 London, England |
| Died | 25 September 1881 (aged 55) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Henrietta Blanche Stanley
(m. 1851) |
| Children |
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| Parent(s) | David Ogilvy, 9th Earl of Airlie Clementina Drummond |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Occupation | Scottish peer, soldier and rancher |
Background and education
editBorn in London in 1826, he was the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 9th Earl of Airlie, and his first wife, Clementine, daughter of Gavin Drummond.[2] Ogilvy was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a BA in 1847.[3] Two years later, he succeeded his father as earl.[3] In 1879, Ogilvy received an Honorary LLD by the University of Glasgow.[4]
Career
editOgilvy became a Deputy Lieutenant for Forfarshire in 1847.[2] He was elected a Scottish representative peer to the House of Lords in 1850[2] and served as captain of the Forfarshire Yeomanry Cavalry and the 12th Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers from 1856.[3] Ogilvy was invested as a Knight of the Order of the Thistle in 1862.[5] In 1872, he was appointed Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, an office he held until the following year.[6] He was a founder and served as first President of the Girls' Public Day School Company.
Family and death
editOn 23 September 1851, Airlie married Hon. (Henrietta) Blanche Stanley (30 July 1830 – 5 January 1921), second daughter of Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley, and his wife, Henrietta Dillon-Lee, at Alderley, Cheshire, and had by her two sons and four daughters.[6][7] Ogilvy died in Denver, Colorado, in 1881 and was succeeded in his titles by his older son, David.[6]
- Lady (Henrietta) Blanche Ogilvy (8 November 1852 – 23 March 1925); married Col. Sir Henry Montague Hozier and had issue, including Clementine Ogilvy Hozier, the wife of Winston Churchill.
- Lady Clementine Gertrude Helen Ogilvy (19 June 1854 – 30 April 1932); married Bertram Mitford (created 1st Baron Redesdale in 1902), and had issue; they were the grandparents of the Mitford sisters.
- Lt.-Col. David Stanley William Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie (20 January 1856 – 11 June 1900, killed in action in the Boer War); married Lady Mabell Gore, and had issue; they were grandparents of Sir Angus Ogilvy, who married Princess Alexandra of Kent.
- Lady Maude Josepha Ogilvy (16 November 1859 – 3 April 1933); married Theodore Whyte, and had issue.
- Lyulph Gilchrist Stanley Ogilvy (25 June 1861 – April 1947); married Edith Boothroyd, in Colorado, USA, and had issue.
- Lady Griselda Johanna Helen Ogilvy (20 December 1865 – 12 February 1934); married James Cheape, and had issue.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 86.
- ^ a b c Debrett, John (1876). Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Titles of Courtesy. London: Dean & Son. pp. 16–17.
- ^ "ThePeerage - David Graham Drummond Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Airlie". Retrieved 15 July 2009.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Knights of the Thistle". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c Douglas, Sir Robert (1904). Sir James Balfour Paul (ed.). The Scots Peerage. Vol. I. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 131–132.
- ^ The manner of his proposal and his acceptance in early August is related by Blanche's mother to her husband in a letter date 4 August 1851