Background
The son of James Ogilvy, 6th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie by his first wife, Lady Jean Ruthven, daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, he was born probably about 1593. He succeeded his father as Lord Ogilvy about 1618.
The son of James Ogilvy, 6th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie by his first wife, Lady Jean Ruthven, daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, he was born probably about 1593. He succeeded his father as Lord Ogilvy about 1618.
During the Bishops" War he suffered severely, with his estates wasted and his houses razed to the ground. Ogilvy obtained on 23 July 1646 an assurance and remission from Major-general John Middleton, who was authorised to pacify the north of Scotland in this way. Parliament was then obliged, reluctantly, to rescind his forfeiture on 17 March 1647.
He did not take any further part in public affairs, and died in 1666.
The sons were: James Ogilvy, 2nd Earl of Airlie, Sir Thomas and Sir David Ogilvy. Her sister, Elizabeth, married in 1642 Sir John Carnegie of Balnamoon, Forfarshire.