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

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. He was the father-in-law of Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy.

Early life

Airlie was born on 18 July 1893 in Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland. 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 when his father died in the Boer War, and was one of the trainbearers to

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at her coronation in 1911. Lord Airlie was educated at Eton and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Career

He became a

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in 1922, was appointed a lord-in-waiting in

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'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. He was a guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh. He was elevated to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1938, made a Knight of the Order of the Thistle in 1942 and was appointed Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle in 1956. Lord Airlie owned many racehorses, most notably the steeplechaser, Master Robert, "an eleven-year-old Irish-bred horse" which won the 1924

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in the Earl's colours.

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

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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), Black Watch ( Territorial Army) as a

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. He was lieutenant-colonel 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.

Personal life

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. * Lady ''Victoria'' Jean Marjorie Mabell Ogilvy (1918–2004), who married Alexander Lloyd, 2nd Baron Lloyd, in 1942. They had three children. * Lady ''Margaret'' Helen Isla Marion Ogilvy (1920–2014), who married Iain Tennant in 1946. They had three children. * Lady ''Griselda'' Davinia Roberta Ogilvy (1924–1977), who married Maj. Peter Balfour in 1948. Before their divorce in 1968, they had three children. * David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie (1926–2023), who married Virginia Fortune Ryan in 1952. They had six children. * The Hon. Sir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy (1928–2004), who married Princess Alexandra of Kent in 1963. They had two children. * The Hon. ''James'' Donald Diarmid Ogilvy (1934–2024), who married Magdalen Jane Ruth Ducas in 1959. Before their divorce in 1980, they had four children. He remarried Lady Caroline Child-Villiers (daughter of the 9th Earl of Jersey) in 1980. Lord Airlie died on 28 December 1968, at his home, Airlie Castle, Angus, Scotland.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Airlie, David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of 1893 births 1968 deaths Nobility from Angus, Scotland 12

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