Colonel the Honorable Donald Ogilvy (27 May 1788 – 30 December 1863)
of
Clova in Forfarshire was a Scottish politician.
Ogilvy's father, who had inherited estates in both
Forfarshire and
Perthshire
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, styled himself the 5th
Earl of Airlie
Earl of Airlie is a title of the peerage in Scotland created on 2 April 1639 for James Ogilvy, 7th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, along with the title “Lord Ogilvy of Alith and Lintrathen.” The title “Lord Ogilvy of Airlie” was then created o ...
. The title which had been
attainted
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twice, through the family's involvement in both the
Jacobite rising of 1715
The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( gd, Bliadhna Sheumais ;
or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts
The House of Stuart, ori ...
and
1745 rising. The attainder was lifted in 1826, allowing Donald's other brother
David
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to resume the title.
Ogilvy joined the army of
East India Company
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in 1804, but was not promoted, so settled in Scotland first in Fettercairn, and then from 1820 at Clova. At the
1830 general election he contested the
Perth Burghs, losing to
John Stuart-Wortley. Wortley was unseated on
petition
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In the colloquial sense, a petition is a document addressed to some offici ...
, but the resulting by-election was contested by Ogilvy's brother
William Ogilvy.
Donald was elected at a by-election in October 1831 as the
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) for
Forfarshire, at a by-election following the sitting MP
William Maule's elevation to the peerage.
However, he was unseated on petition in January 1832,
and did not stand for Parliament again.
In the 1830s he is listed as living at 4 Atholl Crescent in
Edinburgh's West End.
References
1788 births
1863 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
UK MPs 1831–1832
People from Angus, Scotland
British East India Company Army officers
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