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David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th and 7th Earl of Airlie (18 July 189328 December 1968) was a Scottish peer, soldier, and

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. He was the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie, and his wife, the former Lady Mabell Gore. He inherited his father's titles in 1900 at the age of six, and was one of the trainbearers to

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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 April 1926, and was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order on 10 May 1929. In June 1936, he became Lord Lieutenant of Angus and was appointed

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to Queen Elizabeth in March 1937. As a senior member of the royal household, he was a guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh. He was elevated to

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in 1938, made a

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in 1942 and was appointed Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle in 1956. He was the father in-law of Princess Alexandra of Kent, Lady Ogilvy.

Marriage

On 17 July 1917, Lord Airlie married Lady Alexandra Coke (d. 1984), second daughter of Thomas Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester, and they had six children, twenty-one grandchildren, and twenty-nine great-grandchildren: * Lady ''Victoria'' Jean Marjorie Mabell Ogilvy (21 September 1918 – 23 September 2004); married

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, on 24 January 1942. They had three children: ** The Hon. Davinia Margaret Lloyd (b. 13 March 1943) ** The Hon. Charles George David Lloyd (4 April 1949 – 1974) ** The Hon. Laura Blanche Bridget Lloyd (b. 7 March 1960) * Lady ''Margaret'' Helen Isla Marion Ogilvy (23 July 1920 – 22 January 2014); married Iain Tennant on 11 July 1946. They had three children and six grandchildren. * Lady ''Griselda'' Davinia Roberta Ogilvy (12 June 1924 – 8 June 1977); married Major Peter Balfour on 6 November 1948 and they were divorced in 1968. They had three children. * David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie (b. 17 May 1926); married Virginia Fortune Ryan on 23 October 1952. They have six children and eleven grandchildren. * The Hon. Sir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy (14 September 1928 – 26 December 2004); married

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on 24 April 1963. They had two children and four grandchildren. * The Hon. ''James'' Donald Diarmid Ogilvy (b. 1934); 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 (daughter of the 9th Earl of Jersey) in 1980.

Military career

Lord Airlie was commissioned into the

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from the

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, in 1912. He reached the rank of captain in the

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, in which he won the

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. He retired from the Regular Army in 1921, but joined the 5th Battalion (4th/5th Battalion from 1922),

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( Territorial Army) as a major. He was

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commanding from 1924–29, being promoted

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in 1928. In 1940 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel in the

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, 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

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in 1958.

Sporting pursuits

Lord Airlie owned many racehorses, most notably the steeplechaser, Master Robert, which won the

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in the Earl's colours."Commonwealth: Grand National"
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''. 7 April 1924. Lord Airlie, died 28 Dec 1968, aged 75yrs at his home, Airlie Castle, Angus, Scotland.

References

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