James Ogilvy

Infobox British Royalty

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name = James Ogilvy
spouse = Julia Ogilvy
issue = Flora Ogilvy
Alexander Ogilvy
full name = James Robert Bruce Ogilvy
father = Sir Angus Ogilvy
mother = Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
date of birth = birth date and age|1964|2|29|df=yes
place of birth = Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey|

James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (born 29 February 1964 in England) is the elder child and only son of the late Sir Angus Ogilvy and Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Angus Ogilvy, 76, Banker With Ties to British Royalty, Dies |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/28/international/europe/28ogilvy.html |quote=He and Princess Alexandra had a son, James Robert Bruce Ogilvy, and a daughter, Marina Victoria Alexandra. Once estranged from their parents, they had reconciled and, according to The Times of London, were with them at the time of Sir Angus's death. |publisher=New York Times |date=December 28, 2004 |accessdate=2008-03-11 ] He was born in Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey [cite book |last=Wakeford |first=Geoffrey |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Thirty Years a Queen: A Study of H.M. Queen Elizabeth. | quote=She herself led the way when James Robert Bruce Ogilvy was born at Thatched House Lodge in Richmond Park at 12.15 on the afternoon of Saturday, ... | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5k8wAAAAIAAJ&q |isbn= ] and was the first of four royal babies born in 1964. When he was born he was 13th in the line of succession to the British throne. As of 2008, he is 35th. cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Royal baby for leap year day |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/29/newsid_2758000/2758983.stm |quote=The Ogilvy baby was one of several royal babies due within months of each other. The 9lb 6oz boy will be unique among them in having no title. Master Ogilvy is currently 13th in line to the throne but will soon be displaced to 16th. |publisher=BBC |date=1964 |accessdate=2008-03-08 ] He is the publisher and founder of Luxury Briefing, a magazine launched in 1996.

Ancestry and succession

His maternal grandparents were Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, known after her marriage as Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. Princess Marina was the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna of Russia (later known as Princess Nicholas of Greece). He has a younger sister, Marina Ogilvy. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=2d Child, a Daughter, Born To Princess Alexandra. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70714F83A54157A93C3A91783D85F428685F9 |quote=Princess Alexandra, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth, gave birth tonight to her second child, a daughter weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces. |publisher=New York Times |date=August 1, 1966, Monday |accessdate=2008-03-11 ] cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=James Ogilvy, Princess Alexandra's son, talks to Cassandra Jardine about his life as a junior royal. |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/10/26/tluxa26.html |quote=He was brought up in Thatched House Lodge, a royal grace and favour dwelling in Richmond Park, and his early memories are of bicycling alone around it. It was not, he remembers, until the kidnap attempt on the Princess Royal in 1973 that security became an issue, and even then it was only his mother who was issued with a bodyguard. |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |date=26 October, 1996 |accessdate=2008-03-08 ]

Ogilvy does not hold any royal title or perform royal duties. His mother, Princess Alexandra, does however perform royal duties on behalf of The Queen, her first cousin. As an extended member of the British Royal Family, James Ogilvy is invited to major royal occasions such as royal weddings and funerals. He accompanied his widowed mother to the wedding of The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles in April 2005.

In addition to being in line for the throne, he is in line to the Earldom of Airlie.

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1= 1. James Ogilvy
2= 2. Angus Ogilvy
3= 3. Princess Alexandra of Kent
4= 4. David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie
5= 5. Lady Alexandra Coke
6= 6. Prince George, Duke of Kent
7= 7. Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
8= 8. David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie
9= 9. Lady Mabell Gore
10= 10. Thomas Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester
11= 11. The Hon. Alice Emily White
12= 12. George V of the United Kingdom
13= 13. Mary of Teck
14= 14. Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark
15= 15. Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
16= 16. David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie
17= 17. The Hon. Henrietta Blanche Stanley
18= 18. Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran
19= 19. Lady Edith Jocelyn
20= 20. Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester
21= 21. Juliana Whitbread
22= 22. Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly
23= 23. Emily Stuart
24= 24. Edward VII of the United Kingdom
25= 25. Alexandra of Denmark
26= 26. Francis, Duke of Teck
27= 27. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
28= 28. George I of Greece
29= 29. Olga Constantinovna of Russia
30= 30. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
31= 31. Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Baptism

The Most Reverend Arthur Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, performed the baptism. Seven godparents, starting with Queen Elizabeth II, attended. Water from the River Jordan was used for the baptism. The christening robe that was originally made for Queen Victoria's children was used. Bruce Ogilvy. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Baptized |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,871108-1,00.html |quote=... But none of that made the slightest impression on the son of Princess Alexandra and Angus Ogilvy. Just like any other healthy ten-week-old, he let out a sharp little yip as he was baptized James Robert Bruce Ogilvy. |publisher=Time (magazine) |date=Friday, May 22, 1964 |accessdate=2008-03-11 ]

Marriage

He married Julia Caroline Rawlinson on 30 July 1988 in Saffron Walden, Essex and the couple have two children. [cite web |url=http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp10281 |title=James Robert Bruce Ogilvy |accessdate=2008-03-11 |quote=Son of HRH Princess Alexandra and Hon Sir Angus Ogilvy. James married Julia. ... James Robert Bruce Ogilvy; Julia Caroline Ogilvy (née Rawlinson) |publisher=National Portrait Gallery ] cite news |first=Ana Maria |last= Ruhl |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=James Ogilvy: A Luxury In Briefing |url=http://www.theroyalist.net/content/view/1140/40/ |quote=A lesser known royal has carved out a successful niche as an editor in the publishing world for the past ten years by launching the magazine Luxury Briefing in 1996. He is forty-two year old James Ogilvy, son of the Queen's cousin, H.R.H Princess Alexandra of Kent, and the late Sir Angus Ogilvy. |publisher=The Royalist |date=Tuesday, 29 August, 2006 |accessdate=2008-03-08 ] They are also in the line of succession:
*Flora Alexandra, born 15 December 1994
*Alexander Charles, born 12 November 1996

He is also a godfather of Princess Eugenie of York, the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York.

Luxury Briefing

He is the publisher and founder of Luxury Briefing, a magazine launched in 1996. cite web |url=http://www.luxury-briefing.com/content/?page_id=124 |title=Luxury Briefing |accessdate=2008-03-08 |quote=James Ogilvy - Publisher and founder of Luxury Briefing |publisher=Luxury Briefing ]

References

External links

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10076.htm#i100756 James Robert Bruce Ogilvy] in The Peerage
* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp10281 James Robert Bruce Ogilvy] in the National Portrait Gallery
* [http://www.luxury-briefing.com/content/index.php Luxury Briefing]