Clan Ogilvy
| Clan Ogilvy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Crest: A lady affrontee from the middle upwards Proper in Azure vestments richly attired, holding a portcullis Gules. | |||
| Motto | Latin: "A Fin" | ||
| Profile | |||
| Region | Highlands | ||
| District | Angus | ||
| Plant badge | Pentaglottis | ||
| Pipe music | The Bonnie Hoose of Airlie | ||
| Chief | |||
| The Rt. Hon. David John Ogilvy | |||
| The 14th Earl of Airlie | |||
| Historic seat | Airlie Castle | ||
| |||
| |||
| |||
| |||
Clan Ogilvy, also known as Clan Ogilvie, is a Scottish family from Angus, Scotland. Gillebride, Earl of Angus, received a barony from King William the Lion in 1163 and bestowed the lands of Ogilvy upon his son Gilbert. In 1491, King James IV elevated Sir James Ogilvy as Lord Ogilvy of Airlie.
Saint John Ogilvie was a Scottish Jesuit martyr who was hanged for his faith in 1615 and who was canonised in the Roman Catholic Church. 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. 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.