- David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie
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Lt.-Col. David Stanley William Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie (20 January 1856 – 11 June 1900) was a Scottish peer.
David was born at Florence, Italy. He was the third child and elder son of David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie and The Hon. Henrietta Blanche Stanley.[1]
In 1963, his grandson Angus Ogilvy married Princess Alexandra of Kent, a granddaughter of King George V.
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Marriage and family
In 19 January 1886 David married Lady Mabell Frances Elizabeth Gore, daughter of Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran and Lady Edith Elizabeth Henrietta Jocelyn at St George's, Hanover Square, London, England.[1]
They had six children:
- Lady Kitty Edith Blanche Ogilvy (5 February 1887 – 17 October 1969)
- Lady Helen Alice Wyllington Ogilvy (21 November 1890 – December 1973
- Lady Mabell Griselda Esther Sudley Ogilvy (22 January 1892 – 4 November 1918)
- David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie (18 July 1893 – 28 December 1968)
- Hon. Bruce Arthur Ashley Ogilvy (15 March 1895 – 29 September 1976)
- Captain Hon. Patrick Julian Harry Stanley Ogilvy (26 June 1896 – 9 October 1917)
Career
David Ogilvy was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, University of Oxford[1]. Between 1874 and 1876 he gained the rank of Lieutenant in the services of the 1st Regiment, in the Scots Guards and the 10th Royal Hussars.[1] Between 1878 and 1879 he fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.[1] Between 1884 and 1885 he fought in the Sudan and Nile Expedition.[1] Between 1885 and 1900 he held the office of Representative Peer of Scotland .[1]
In 1890 he held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Forfar.[2] In December 1897 he gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the 12th Royal Lancers.[1]
In 1900 he fought in the Second Boer War, and was mentioned in despatches for gallantry at Modder River, he was again wounded near Brandfort.[1]
He died aged 44 at Diamond Hill, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, killed in action, after leading his regiment in a charge which saved the guns.[1][2] At his death, the Earldom of Airle was succeeded by his six year old son David.
Notes and sources
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 75. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
- ^ a b Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 45. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
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Grave of DAVID, EARL of AIRLIE, Lt. Col 12th Rl Lancers, Military Cemetery, Diamond Hill, Cullinan, Gauteng, South Africa Peerage of Scotland Preceded by
David Graham Drummond OgilvyEarl of Airlie
1881–1900Succeeded by
David Lyulph Gore Wolseley OgilvyCategories:- 1856 births
- 1900 deaths
- 10th Royal Hussars officers
- 12th Royal Lancers officers
- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
- British Army personnel of the Mahdist War
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British military personnel killed in the Second Boer War
- British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
- Deputy Lieutenants of Forfarshire
- Earls in the Peerage of Scotland
- Old Etonians
- Scottish representative peers
- Scots Guards officers
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