David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Airlie KT GCVO PC JP |
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17 May 1926 Westminster, London, England |
| Title | Earl of Airlie |
| Tenure | 28 December 1968 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Virginia Fortune Ryan |
| Issue | Lady Doune Ogilvy Lady Jane Ogilvy David Ogilvy, Lord Ogilvy The Hon. Bruce Ogilvy Lady Elizabeth Ogilvy The Hon. Patrick Ogilvy |
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| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1945-50 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Service number | 339585 |
| Unit | Scots Guards |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 8th (or 13th) Earl of Airlie, KT, GCVO, PC, JP (born 17 May 1926) is a Scottish peer.
Airlie is the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke. His younger brother was Sir Angus Ogilvy, the husband of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent.
Born in Westminster, David Ogilvy was educated at Eton and served in the Scots Guards during the Second World War. In 1946 he was appointed ADC to the C-in-C and High Commissioner to Austria. He remained in the army until 1950, when he left to attend the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, in order to learn more about estate management. He currently maintains two homes on the family's 69 000 acre (280 km²) estate in Angus: Cortachy Castle and Airlie Castle. He also has a home in Chelsea, London.
He subsequently took up merchant banking, joining J. Henry Schroder in 1953. He was appointed a director of the company in 1961 and chairman of Henry Schroder Wagg & Co in 1973, and then of Schroders plc from 1977. In 1984, Lord Airlie resigned from Schroder to take up the position of Lord Chamberlain, when he was also sworn of the Privy Council and promoted to GCVO. The following year he was made KT, and two years after that Chairman of General Accident Fire and Life Assurance plc.
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