James Ogilvy, 5th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie (died 1606) was a Scottish landowner and diplomat.

Life

Ogilvy was the son of James, Master of Ogilvy, and Katherine Campbell, Countess of Crawford, a daughter of Sir John Campbell of

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. His father, the Master of Ogilvy, was killed in 1547 at the

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and his mother became the tutor to her children. His home was Airlie Castle, which he planned to rebuild or extend in 1564. In April 1587 Ogilvy wrote to Patrick Vans of Barnbarroch recommending his servant Robert Bruce to join an embassy to Denmark, because they had both recently been in Denmark.

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was invited to Denmark in May 1596 by the ambassador

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to attend the coronation of his brother-in-law

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. He appointed Lord Ogilvy and

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as his ambassadors to go in his place, because his wife

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was pregnant, and they were accredited by Christian IV in a letter dated 6 August 1596. James VI rode from Falkland to

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to see them depart. As well as offering James's good wishes, and apologising for the absence of James and

, they were to ask for ships and troops for a mission planned against the Western islanders of Scotland in 1597.

Marriage and family

Ogilvy married Jean Forbes, a daughter of William, Lord Forbes and Elizabeth Keith. Their children included: * Margaret Ogilvy, who married (1)

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, and (2) Sir Alexander Strachan of Thornton * James Ogilvy, 6th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, father of James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Airlie. He joined the court of James VI in October 1580 as a gentleman of the bedchamber. * David Ogilvy, in July 1602 he was attacked on his way from

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by followers of the Lindsay family and badly injured and his servant William Innes was killed. * Francis Ogilvy of Newgrange * John Ogilvy of Craig. His home, Craig Castle, near the

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, or another house called Craig, nearer Montrose, was slighted following the orders of James VI in October 1594 and March 1595.Joseph Bain, ''Calendar of Border Papers'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1894), p. 551: David Masson, ''Register of the Privy Council'', vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1882), p. 209. * Patrick Ogilvy of Muirtown

References

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