David was born at Florence, Italy. He was the third child and elder son of David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie and The Honorary In 1963, his grandson Angus Ogilvy married Princess Alexandra of Kent, a granddaughter of King George V.
On 19 January 1886 he married Lady Mabell Frances Elizabeth Gore, daughter of Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran and Lady Edith Elizabeth Henrietta Jocelyn at Street George"s, Hanover Square, London, England.
Balliol College; Eton College.
Henrietta Blanche Stanley. Captain David Ogilvy was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, University of Oxford. Between 1874 and 1876 he gained the rank of Lieutenant in the services of the 1st Regiment, in the Scots Guards and the 10th Royal Hussars.
Between 1878 and 1879 he fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
Between 1884 and 1885 he fought in the Sudan and Nile Expedition. Between 1885 and 1900 he held the office of Representative Peer of Scotland.
In 1890 he held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Forfar. In December 1897 he gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the 12th Royal Lancers.
In 1900 he fought in the Second Boer War, and was mentioned in despatches (31 March 1900), and for gallantry at Modder River.
He was again wounded near Brandfort. He died aged 44 at the Battle of Diamond Hill, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, killed in action, after leading his regiment in a charge which saved the guns. At his death, the Earldom of Airle was inherited by his six-year-old son David.
