Clan Ogilvy

Clan Ogilvy
Síol Gille Chriosda [1]
Ogilvie
Crest: A lady affrontee from the middle upwards Proper in Azure vestments richly attired, holding a portcullis Gules
Motto"A Fin"—"To the end"
War cry"To the end!"
Profile
RegionHighlands
DistrictAngus
Plant badgePentaglottis
Pipe music"The Bonnie Hoose of Airlie"
Chief
The Rt Hon. David John Ogilvy
The 14th Earl of Airlie
Historic seatAirlie Castle
Septs of Clan Ogilvy
Airlie, Findlater, Gilchrist, MacGilchrist, Milne, Richardson, Storey[2]
Clan branches
Ogilvy of Airlie (chiefs)
Ogilvy of Seafield (senior cadets)
Allied clans
Rival clans

Clan Ogilvy, also known as Clan Ogilvie, is a Highland Scottish clan.[3] Originating from Angus, Scotland, the progenitor of the Clan received a barony from King William the Lion in 1163.[4][5] In 1491, 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]

  1. ^ https://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/ogilvey.htm [bare URL]
  2. ^ Clan Ogilvy electricscotland.com. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Warden, Alexander (1885). Angus or Forfarshire, the land and its people, descriptive and historical: Volume 5 (5th ed.). Dundee, Scotland: C. Alexander & Company. p. 12.
  5. ^ MacKinnon, Charles (1992). Scottish Highlanders (2nd ed.). New York, New York: Barnes & Noble Publishing. p. 226. ISBN 0880299509.