Background
He was the oldest son of David Ogilvy, 9th Earl of Airlie and his first wife Clementina, daughter of Gavin Drummond. Two years later, he succeeded his father as earl.
He was the oldest son of David Ogilvy, 9th Earl of Airlie and his first wife Clementina, daughter of Gavin Drummond. Two years later, he succeeded his father as earl.
Ogilvy was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1847.
In 1879, Ogilvy received a Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Glasgow. 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.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Stanley William Ogilvy, 11th (or 6th) Earl of Airlie (20 January 1856 – 11 June 1900, killed in action in the Boer War). Married Lady Mabell Gore, and had issue.
Lady Maude Josepha Ogilvy (16 November 1859 – 3 April 1933). Married 12 October 1886 Theodore George Willan Whyte, and had issue.
Honorary Lady Griselda Johanna Helen Ogilvy (20 December 1865 – 12 February 1934).
Married 22 December 1897 James Cheape, and had issue.
Lady (Henrietta) Blanche Ogilvy (b 8 November 1852, d 23 March 1925) married 28 September 1873 Colonel Sir Henry Montague Hozier, and had issue, including Clementine Ogilvy Hozier (who in 1908 became the wife of Winston Churchill) and Nellie Hozier, the mother of the British socialist Esmond Romilly and the journalist Giles Romilly.