David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie
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Colonel David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th and 7th Earl of Airlie, KT
, GCVO
, MC
(18 July 1893, County Tipperary
– 28 December 1968) was a Scottish peer
, soldier and courtier.
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 KCVO
in 1929.
In 1937, he became Lord Lieutenant of Angus
and was appointed Lord Chamberlain
to Queen Elizabeth
in 1937. In 1938, he was elevated to GCVO, made a Knight of the Thistle
in 1942 and was appointed Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle
in 1956.
) and they had six children:
in 1912. He reached the rank of Captain
in the First World War, in which he won the Military Cross
.
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 to 1929, 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 Law (LL.D) by St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, in 1958.
Grand National
in the Earl's colours.
Order of the Thistle
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the Order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland who asserted that he was reviving an earlier Order...
, GCVO
Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
, MC
Military Cross
The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....
(18 July 1893, County Tipperary
County Tipperary
County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...
– 28 December 1968) was a Scottish peer
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
, soldier and courtier.
He was the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie
David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie
Lt.-Col. David Stanley William Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie 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...
and his wife, Mabell, Countess of Airlie
Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie
Mabell Frances Elizabeth Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, GCVO, GBE was a British courtier and author.-Early life:...
. He inherited his father's titles in 1900 and was one of the trainbearers to Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....
at her coronation
Coronation of the British monarch
The coronation of the British monarch is a ceremony in which the monarch of the United Kingdom is formally crowned and invested with regalia...
in 1911. He became a Representative Peer
Representative peer
In the United Kingdom, representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords...
for Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
in 1922, was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting
Lord-in-Waiting
Most Lords in Waiting are Government whips in the House of Lords who are members of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. As members of the Royal Household their duties are nominal, though they are occasionally required to meet visiting political and state leaders on visits...
in Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...
's government in 1926 and was made KCVO
Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
in 1929.
In 1937, he became Lord Lieutenant of Angus
Lord Lieutenant of Angus
The Lord Lieutenant of Angus, is the British monarch's personal representative in an area which was defined by the Lord-Lieutenants Order 1996 as consisting of the unitary Angus council area, in Scotland....
and was appointed Lord Chamberlain
Lord Chamberlain
The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain of the Household is one of the chief officers of the Royal Household in the United Kingdom and is to be distinguished from the Lord Great Chamberlain, one of the Great Officers of State....
to Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...
in 1937. In 1938, he was elevated to GCVO, made a Knight of the Thistle
Order of the Thistle
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the Order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland who asserted that he was reviving an earlier Order...
in 1942 and was appointed Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle
Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle
The Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle is an office of the Order of the Thistle, established in 1687. The Chancellor is normally one of the knights, though not necessarily the most senior.-Office Holders from 1913:...
in 1956.
Marriage
On 17 July 1917, Lord Airlie married Lady Alexandra Coke (the second daughter of Thomas Coke, 3rd Earl of LeicesterThomas Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester
Thomas William Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester GCVO, CMG, TD , known as Viscount Coke until 1909, was a British peer and soldier....
) and they had six children:
- David George Coke Patrick, styled Lord Ogilvy, later 13th/8th Earl of AirlieDavid Ogilvy, 13th Earl of AirlieDavid George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 8th Earl of Airlie, KT, GCVO, PC, JP is the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke. His younger brother was Sir Angus Ogilvy, the husband of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent.Born in London, Lord Airlie was educated at Eton, and...
(b. 1926) - Hon. Angus James BruceAngus OgilvySir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy, was a British businessman best known as the husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II....
(1928-2004), married Princess Alexandra of KentPrincess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady OgilvyPrincess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy is the youngest granddaughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck. She is the widow of Sir Angus Ogilvy... - Hon. James Donald Diarmid (b. 1934), married Caroline, daughter of the 9th Earl of Jersey
- Lady (Victoria) Jean Marjorie Mabell (1918-2004), married Alexander Lloyd, 2nd Baron LloydAlexander Lloyd, 2nd Baron LloydAlexander David Frederick Lloyd, 2nd Baron Lloyd , was a British Conservative politician.Lloyd was the only son of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd, and his wife the Hon. Blanche Isabella . He succeeded his father in the barony in 1941 and took his seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords...
. - Lady Margaret Helen Isla Marion (b. 1920), married Iain TennantIain TennantSir Iain Mark Tennant KT FRSA was a Scottish businessman.Born in North Berwick, Tennant was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in Egypt with the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards from 1940 to 1942, and was an intelligence officer with 201 Guards' Brigade...
- Lady Griselda Davina Roberta (1924-1977), married Peter Edward Gerald Balfour
Military career
Lord Airlie was commissioned into the 10th Hussars from SandhurstRoyal Military Academy Sandhurst
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is a British Army officer initial training centre located in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England...
in 1912. He reached the rank of Captain
Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)
Captain is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines. It ranks above Lieutenant and below Major and has a NATO ranking code of OF-2. The rank is equivalent to a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and to a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force...
in the First World War, in which he won the Military Cross
Military Cross
The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....
.
He retired from the Regular Army in 1921, but joined the 5th Battalion (4th/5th Battalion from 1922), Black Watch
Black Watch
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The unit's traditional colours were retired in 2011 in a ceremony led by Queen Elizabeth II....
(Territorial Army) as a Major
Major
Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
. He was Lieutenant-Colonel commanding from 1924 to 1929, being promoted Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
in 1928. In 1940 he was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel in the Scots Guards
Scots Guards
The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland...
, 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 Law (LL.D) by St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, in 1958.
Sporting pursuits
Lord Airlie owned many racehorses, most notably the steeplechaser, Master Robert, who won the 19241924 Grand National
The 1924 Grand National was the 83rd renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, in 1924.-References:http://www.sportsbookguardian.com/horse-racing/grand-national/winners...
Grand National
Grand National
The Grand National is a world-famous National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool, England. It is a handicap chase run over a distance of four miles and 856 yards , with horses jumping thirty fences over two circuits of Aintree's National Course...
in the Earl's colours.