David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie

Colonel David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th and 7th Earl of Airlie KT, GCVO, MC (18 July 1893, Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland – 28 December 1968) was a Scottish peer, soldier and courtier.^[1]

He was the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie and his wife, Mabell, Countess of Airlie. He inherited his father's titles in 1900 and was one of the trainbearers to Mary of Teck at her coronation in 1911. He became a Representative Peer for Scotland in 1922, was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting in Stanley Baldwin's government in 1926 and was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1929.

In 1937, he became Lord Lieutenant of Angus and was appointed Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth in 1937. As a senior member of the royal household, he was a guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ^[2] In 1938, he was elevated to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, made a Knight of the Order of the Thistle in 1942 and was appointed Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle in 1956.^[1]

Marriage

On 17 July 1917, Lord Airlie married Lady Alexandra Coke who died in 1984 (the second daughter of Thomas Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester) and they had six children:

• Lady Victoria Jean Marjorie Mabell Ogilvy (21 September 1918-23 September 2004) she married Alexander Lloyd, 2nd Baron Lloyd on 24 January 1942. They have three children:
  • Davinia Margaret Lloyd (13 March 1943)
  • Charles George David Lloyd (4 April 1949-1974)
  • Laura Blanche Bridget Lloyd (7 March 1960)
• Lady Margaret Helen Isla Marion Ogilvy (23 July 1920-22 January 2014) she married Iain Tennant on 11 July 1946. They have three children and six grandchildren:
  • Mark Edward Tennant (9 May 1947)
    • Miranda Hermione Rosamund Tennant (15 June 1974)
    • Clementina Margaret Georgina Tennant (21 November 1977)
    • Edward Iain Tennant (1983)
  • Christopher John Tennant (16 June 1950-12 June 2003) he married Andrea Payne in 1994. They have two children:
    • Andrew Tennant
    • Flora Tennant
  • Emma Margaret Tennant (19 April 1954) she married Angus Ismay Cheape. They have one son. She married Sir Jocelyn Stevens in 2008.
    • Henry Bruce Iain Ismay Cheape (1980)
• Lady Griselda Davinia Roberta Ogilvy (12 June 1924-8 June 1977) she married Major Peter Balfour on 6 November 1948 and they were divorced in 1968. They have three children:
  • Bridget Balfour (1952)
  • Hew Edward Balfour (1952)
  • Fergus George Balfour (1953)
• David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie (17 May 1926) he married Virginia Fortune Ryan on 23 October 1952. They have six children.
• The Hon. Sir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy (14 September 1928-26 December 2004) he married Princess Alexandra of Kent on 24 April 1963 They have two children and four grandchildren.
• The Hon. James Donald Diarmid Ogilvy (b. 1934) he married Magdalen Jane Ruth Ducas on 2 July 1959 and they were divorced in 1980. They have four children and eight grandchildren. He remarried Lady Caroline Child-Villiers (9th Earl of Jersey) daughter of in 1980.
  • Laura Jane Ogilvy (27 April 1960) she married Philippe Goffin in 1990. They have three children:
    • Sebastian Goffin (1992)
    • Charlotte Louise tatiana Goffin (4 June 1994)
    • Orlando Benjamin Alberic Goffin (2 June 1998)
  • Emma Louise Ogilvy (20 May 1962) she married Jonathan Guy Cubitt on 17 April 1999. They have two sons:
    • Jamie Cubitt (2000)
    • Caspar Hugh Cubitt (18 December 2002)
  • Shamus Diarmid Ogilvy (24 January 1966) he married Alexandra Elizabeth Hope March Phillipps de Lisle. They have two sons:
    • Angus Julian Frederick Ogilvy (21 August 2010)
    • Hugo David Lisle Ogilvy (29 July 2015)
  • Diarmid James Ducas Ogilvy (12 April 1970) he married Henrietta Hutchinson on 18 September 2009. They have one son:
    • Ivo Christopher Diarmid Ogilvy (13 October 2010)

Military career

Lord Airlie was commissioned into the 10th Hussars from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1912. He reached the rank of Captain in the First World War, in which he won the Military Cross.^[1]

He retired from the Regular Army in 1921, but joined the 5th Battalion (4th/5th Battalion from 1922), Black Watch (Territorial Army) as a Major. He was Lieutenant-Colonel commanding from 1924-29, being promoted Colonel in 1928. In 1940 he was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel in the Scots Guards, reverting at his own request to the rank of Major until 1942. He resigned his commission in 1948. He was Commandant of the Army Cadet Forces, Scotland in 1943. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D) by the University of St Andrews in 1958.^[1]

Sporting pursuits

Lord Airlie owned many racehorses, most notably the steeplechaser, Master Robert, which won the 1924 Grand National in the Earl's colours.^[3]

References

1. Lundy, Darryl. "Profile". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
2. Royal Collection: Seating plan for the Ball Supper Room, royalcollection.org.uk; accessed 7 April 2016.
3. Time Magazine report on the 1924 Grand National, time.com, 7 April 1924.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Airlie