Ogilvy, James

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Dates 1640-3
Location London
Vocation Nobleman
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Lady Isobel
Issue 6 children
Place of birth Source J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), i, 123-5; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

1st earl of Airlie (created 1639). Migrated to England in 1640 to avoid having to take the covenant. Returned to Scotland to sit in covenanting parliament of 1643. Joined Montrose’s royalist army but did not participate in public affairs after 1650.