David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie

David Graham Drummond Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie KT, DL (4 May 1826 – 25 September 1881),^[1] styled Lord Ogilvy from birth until 1849, was a Scottish peer.

Background and education

He was the oldest son of David Ogilvy, 9th Earl of Airlie and his first wife Clementina, daughter of Gavin Drummond.^[2] Ogilvy was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1847.^[3] Two years later, he succeeded his father as earl.^[3] In 1879, Ogilvy received a Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Glasgow.^[4]

Career

Ogilvy became a Deputy Lieutenant for Forfarshire in 1847.^[2] He was elected a representative peer to the House of Lords in 1850^[2] and served as captain of the Forfarshire Yeomanry Cavalry and the 12th Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers from 1856.^[3] Ogily was invested as a Knight of the Order of the Thistle in 1862.^[5] In 1872, he was appointed Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, an office he held until the following year.^[6]

Family and death

On 23 September 1851, he married Henrietta Blanche, second daughter of Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley, at Alderley, Cheshire, and had by her two sons and four daughters.^[6] Ogilvy died at Denver, Colorado in 1881 and was succeeded in his titles by his older son David.^[6]

His daughter Blanche was the mother of Clementine Hozier, who from 1908 until his death in 1965 was married to Winston Churchill, and Nellie Hozier, the mother of the British socialist Esmond Romilly and the journalist Giles Romilly.

References

1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersA1.htm. Retrieved 15 July 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co.. pp. 86. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Debrett, John (1876). Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Titles of Courtesy. London: Dean & Son. pp. 16–17. 
4. ^ "ThePeerage - David Graham Drummond Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Airlie". http://www.thepeerage.com/p1122.htm#i11214. Retrieved 15 July 2009. 
5. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Knights of the Thistle". http://www.leighrayment.com/orders/thistle.htm. Retrieved 15 July 2009. 
6. ^ ^{a b c} Douglas, Sir Robert (1904). Sir James Balfour Paul. ed. The Scots Peerage. vol. I. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 131–132. 

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by David Ogilvy	Earl of Airlie 1849 – 1881	Succeeded by David Stanley William Ogilvy