David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie
David Graham Drummond Ogilvy, 10th and 5th Earl of Airlie , 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. Ogilvy was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1847. Two years later, he succeeded his father as earl. In 1879, Ogilvy received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Glasgow.Career
Ogilvy became a Deputy Lieutenant for Forfarshire in 1847. He was elected a representative peer to the House of Lords in 1850 and served as captain of the Forfarshire Yeomanry Cavalry and the 12th Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers from 1856. Ogily was invested as a Knight of the Order of the Thistle in 1862. 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.Family and death
On 23 September 1851, he married Hon. Blanche, second daughter of Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley, and his wife, Henrietta, at Alderley, Cheshire, and had by her two sons and four daughters. Ogilvy died in Denver, Colorado, in 1881 and was succeeded in his titles by his older son, David.
- Lady Blanche Ogilvy ; married on 28 September 1873 Colonel Sir Henry Montague Hozier and had issue, including Clementine Ogilvy Hozier and Nellie Hozier.
- Lady Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy ; married 31 December 1874 Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale; they were the grandparents of the Mitford sisters, including Nancy, who edited the letters of the Stanley family, and Jessica, who married her second cousin Esmond Romilly.
- Lt.-Col. David Stanley William Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie ; married Lady Mabell Gore, and had issue. They were grandparents of Angus Ogilvy, who married Princess Alexandra of Kent.
- Lady Maude Josepha Ogilvy ; married on 12 October 1886 Theodore George Willan Whyte, and had issue.
- Hon. Lyulph Gilchrist Stanley Ogilvy ; he married 27 August 1902 Edith Gertrude Boothroyd, in Colorado, USA, and had issue.
- Lady Griselda Johanna Helen Ogilvy ; married on 22 December 1897 James Cheape, and had issue.
