Highland Scottish clan
Clan Ogilvy , also known as Clan Ogilvie , is a Highland Scottish clan .[3] Angus, Scotland , the progenitor of the Clan received a barony from King William the Lion in 1163.[4] [5] King James IV elevated Sir James Ogilvy as Lord Ogilvy of Airlie.[3]
In 1639, the 7th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie was made the 1st Earl of Airlie by King Charles I for his support of the Crown in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms , while the 2nd Lord Ogilvy of Deskford was made 1st Earl of Findlater . The present Chief of Clan Ogilvie is David Ogilvy, 14th Earl of Airlie. His uncle Angus Ogilvy married Queen Elizabeth II 's first cousin Princess Alexandra of Kent .[3]
^ https://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/ogilvey.htm ^ Clan Ogilvy electricscotland.com. Retrieved 24 May 2014.^ a b c Way, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia . (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs ). pp. 294–295.
^ Warden, Alexander (1885). Angus or Forfarshire, the land and its people, descriptive and historical: Volume 5 ^ MacKinnon, Charles (1992). Scottish Highlanders ISBN 0880299509 
