David Ogilvy, 9th Earl of Airlie

David Ogilvy, 9th Earl of Airlie (16 December 1785 – 20 August 1849) was a Scottish peer and planter.

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Airlie
David Ogilvy, painted by William Deey
Born
David Graham Drummond Ogilvy

16 December 1785
Died20 August 1849(1849-08-20) (aged 63)
London, England
OccupationScottish peer
Spouses
  • Clementina Drummond
  • Margaret Bruce
Children7, including David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie
ParentWalter Ogilvy

Early life

David was the youngest son of Walter Ogilvy, who was de jure 8th Earl of Airlie, and Jean Ogilvy.[1]

Titles

On 26 May 1826 he succeeded to the title of 9th Earl of Airlie, after his honours were restored by Act of Parliament.[1] He succeeded also to the titles of 10th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie and 4th Lord Ogilvy of Alith and Lintrathen. He gained the rank of captain in the service of the 42nd Regiment of Foot.[1] Between 1833 and 1849 he held the office of Representative peer of Scotland.[1] David held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Angus which in that time it was known as Forfarshire.[1]

The 1833 steam locomotive, Earl of Airlie, was named after him; it ran on the Dundee and Newtyle Railway, of which he was a director.[2]

Slave holder

According to the Legacies of British Slave-Ownership at the University College London, Airlie was awarded compensation in the aftermath of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 with the Slave Compensation Act 1837.[3]

Airlie was associated with "T71/865 St Andrew claim no. 543 (Ferry Pen)", he owned 59 slaves in Jamaica and received a £1,362 payment at the time (worth £137,515 in 2023[4]).[5]

Death

He died aged 63 at Regent Street, London, England.[1] In May 1851 his will was probated.[6]

Marriages and family

On 7 October 1812 he married, firstly, Clementina Drummond, daughter of Gavin Drummond and Clementina Graham.[1]

They had at least four children:

On 15 November 1838 he married, secondly, Margaret Bruce, daughter of William Bruce, at 6 Heriot Row, Edinburgh, Scotland.[6]

They had four children:[8]

  • William Henry Bruce Ogilvy (26 February 1840 – 1912)
  • James Bruce Ogilvy (1 December 1841 – 15 May 1888)
  • John Bruce Ogilvy (17 June 1845 – 1904)
  • Donald Bruce Ogilvy (17 June 1845 – 16 December 1890)

Notes and sources
  1. 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 74. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  2. Lee, Charles E.. (October 1951). "The Dundee and Newtyle Railway: 2 - Engineering and Operation". The Railway Magazine.
  3. "David Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Airlie". University College London. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  4. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. "David Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Airlie". University College London. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  6. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 73.
  7. Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. p. 26.
  8. The Scots Peerage (Balfour Paul), vol, i pp. 130-31
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