Lieutenant-Colonel David Stanley William Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie, (20 January 1856 – 11 June 1900) was a Scottish peer and soldier. He was born at

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. He was the third child and elder son of

David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie David Graham Drummond Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie (4 May 1826 – 25 September 1881), styled Lord Ogilvy from birth until 1849, was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and rancher in Colorado. Background and education Born in London in 1826, he was t ...

, and The Hon. Henrietta Blanche Stanley.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''.

Marriage and family

On 19 January 1886 he married Lady Mabell Frances Elizabeth Gore, daughter of Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran, and Lady Edith Elizabeth Jocelyn at St George's,

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, England. They had three sons- the eldest Colonel David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie (18 July 1893 – 28 December 1968)- and three daughters, Helen Alice, Mabel and Kitty Edith Blanche.

Career

David Ogilvy was educated at

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, University of Oxford. Between 1874 and 1876 he gained the rank of lieutenant in the services of the 1st Regiment, in the

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. Between 1878 and 1879 he fought in the

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. Between 1884 and 1885 he fought in the Sudan and Nile Expedition. Between 1885 and 1900 he held the office of

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. In 1890 he held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of

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.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. In December 1897 he gained the rank of lieutenant colonel in the service of the

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. In 1899 his regiment was called upon for active service to fight in the

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. He took part in the

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on 10–11 December 1899, in which the defending Boer force defeated the advancing British forces amongst heavy casualties for the latter (mentioned in the despatch from Lord Methuen describing the battle). Taking part in the advance to relieve Kimberley, he was again mentioned in despatches by Lord Roberts (31 March 1900), and for gallantry at Modder River. He was again wounded near

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. He died aged 44 at the Battle of Diamond Hill,

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, South Africa, killed in action, after leading his regiment in a charge which saved the guns. At his death, the Earldom of Airlie was inherited by his six-year-old son

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. The Airlie Monument, which stands on Tulloch Hill, was erected to commemorate his death. He owned 69,000 acres, mostly in Forfar but also and Perth.The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
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Grave of DAVID, EARL of AIRLIE, Lt. Col 12th Rl Lancers
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