Clan Ogilvy
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Crest: A lady affrontee from the middle upwards Proper in Azure vestments richly attired, holding a portcullis Gules
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| Motto | A Fin - "To the end" | ||
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| Region | Highlands | ||
| District | Angus | ||
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| David Ogilvy | |||
| 13th Earl of Airlie, the chief of Clan Ogilvy | |||
| Historic seat | Airlie Castle | ||
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Clan Ogilvy / Ogilvie is a Scottish clan.
The lands of Ogilvy are in Angus and the name is derived from Ocel-fa which is old British for high plain. In Pictish times Angus was ruled by a mormaer who was one of the ancient Celtic nobles of Scotland who became the first earls. The Mormaer of Angus title became Earl of Angus and Gillebride, Earl of Angus gave the Ogilvy lands to his son, Gilbert, before 1177.
Patrick de Ogilvy swore fealty to Edward I of England and appears on the Ragman Rolls of 1296.
In the 14th and 15th centuries the Ogilvys became hereditary sheriffs of Angus. A son of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchterhouse was killed in a clan battle with the Clan Robertson in 1394 and Ogilvys also fought at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411. Sir Patrick Ogilvy commanded the Scottish forces that fought alongside Joan of Arc against the English, and he was styled Viscomte d'Angus.
In 1425 Sir Walter Ogilvy, younger son of Ogilvy of Wester Powrie, was appointed High Treasurer of Scotland. He was also an ambassador to England in 1430 and four years later he attended Princess Margaret on her marriage to the Dauphin, heir to the throne of France. Sir Walter had numerous sons, including another Walter who became the ancestor of the Earls of Seafield and Deskford. His eldest son was Sir John Ogilvy of Lintrathern who received a charter for Airlie Castle and its lands in 1459. In 1491 Sir John's son, Sir James Ogilvy of Airlie was appointed ambassador to Denmark. In the same year he was also advanced to the ranks of the peerage as Lord Ogilvy of Airlie.
The Clan Ogilvy, supported by men from the Clan Oliphant, Clan Seton, Clan Gordon and the Clan Forbes fought at the Battle of Arbroath on 24 January 1445 against the Master of Crawford and his Clan Lindsay.
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