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David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie

David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (died 1968)

Born
July 18, 1893
Died
December 28, 1968
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1893

About David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie

Colonel David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, (18 July 1893 – 28 December 1968) was a Scottish peer, soldier and courtier. He was the father-in-law of Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy. == Early life == Airlie was born on 18 July 1893 in Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland. He was the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie, and his wife, the former Lady Mabell Gore. He inherited his father's titles in 1900 at the age of six when his father died in the Boer War, and was one of the trainbearers to Mary of Teck at her coronation in 1911. Lord Airlie was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. == Career == He became a Scottish representative peer in 1922, was appointed a lord-in-waiting in Stanley Baldwin's government in April 1926, and was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order on 10 May 1929. In June 1936, he became Lord Lieutenant of Angus. He was a guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh. He was elevated to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1938, made a Knight of the Order of the Thistle in 1942 and was appointed Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle in 1956.

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Career and life highlights

David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie timeline

  1. Lord Airlie owned many racehorses, most notably the steeplechaser Master Robert, "an eleven-year-old Irish-bred horse" that won the 1924 Grand National in the Earl's colours.
  2. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D) by the University of St Andrews in 1958.

The world when David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie was born

David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie was born in 1893. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineWorld's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
  • Technology milestoneFirst Ferris wheel debuts at Chicago World's Fair
  • Notable inventionFerris wheel (264 feet tall)
  • World population~1.53B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population66.0M

1893 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18932026
Population66.0M341 million

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