Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie
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The Right Honourable The Countess of Airlie GCVO GBE DStJ |
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Mabell Frances Elizabeth Gore 10 March 1866 |
| Died | 7 April 1956 (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Lady of the Bedchamber of Queen Mary |
| Spouse(s) | David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie |
| Children | Lady Kitty Vicent Lady Helen Ogilvy Lady Mabell Ogilvy David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie Hon. Bruce Ogilvy Hon. Patrick Ogilvy |
| Parent(s) |
Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran Hon. Edith Jocelyn |
Mabell Frances Elizabeth Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, GCVO, GBE, DStJ (née Gore; 10 March 1866, Mayfair, London – 7 April 1956, Paddington, London) was a British courtier and author.
She was born the eldest daughter of Arthur Gore, Viscount Sudley and his wife, Edith, daughter of Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn. Her mother died in 1871 and she and her sisters, Cicely and Esther, were raised by their maternal grandmother, Lady Jocelyn. The sisters were educated by governesses and made visits to the Duchess of Teck at White Lodge, where Mabell Gore met and befriended the Duchess's daughter, Princess May (later Queen Mary). When her grandfather, Philip Gore, 4th Earl of Arran died in 1884 and her father inherited the former's titles, she and her sisters were entitled to the nominal prefix of Lady.
On 19 January 1886, she married an army officer, David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie at St George's, Hanover Square, becoming Countess of Airlie. They had six children:
On the outbreak of the Second Boer War in 1899, Lord Airlie went with his regiment, the 12th Royal Lancers, to South Africa, where he was killed in action at the Battle of Diamond Hill in 1900. Lady Airlie then began to manage Cortachy Castle in Angus on behalf of her eldest son, David, the new earl. In December 1901, she became a Lady of the Bedchamber to her old friend, the Princess of Wales (as Princess May had become). On the accession of King George V in 1910, Lady Airlie was retained at court as a Lady of the Bedchamber to the-now Queen Mary.
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