James Ogilvy, 5th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie (died 1606) was a Scottish landowner and diplomat.
Life
Ogilvy was the son of James, Master of Ogilvy, and
Katherine Campbell, Countess of Crawford, a daughter of Sir John Campbell of
Cawdor. His father, the Master of Ogilvy, was killed in 1547 at the
Battle of Pinkie and his mother became the tutor to her children.[1]
His home was
Airlie Castle, which he planned to rebuild or extend in 1564.[2]
In April 1587 Ogilvy wrote to
Patrick Vans of Barnbarroch recommending his servant Robert Bruce to join an embassy to Denmark, because they had both recently been in Denmark.[3]
James VI was invited to Denmark in May 1596 by the ambassador
Steen Bille to attend the coronation of his brother-in-law
Christian IV. He appointed Lord Ogilvy and
Peter Young as his ambassadors to go in his place, because his wife
Anne of Denmark was pregnant, and they were accredited by Christian IV in a letter dated 6 August 1596. James VI rode from
Falkland to
Dundee to see them depart. As well as offering James's good wishes, and apologising for the absence of James and
Anne of Denmark, they were to ask for ships and troops for a mission planned against the Western islanders of Scotland in 1597.[4][5]
Marriage and family
Ogilvy married Jean Forbes, a daughter of
William, Lord Forbes and Elizabeth Keith. Their children included:
James Ogilvy, 6th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, father of
James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Airlie. He joined the court of James VI in October 1580 as a gentleman of the bedchamber.[6]
David Ogilvy, in July 1602 he was attacked on his way from
Holyrood Abbey by followers of the
Lindsay family and badly injured and his servant William Innes was killed.[7]
Francis Ogilvy of Newgrange
John Ogilvy of Craig. His home, Craig Castle, near the
Kirkton of Glenisla, or another house called Craig, nearer
Montrose, was slighted following the orders of James VI in October 1594 and March 1595.[8]
^Contract with George Nicholson for building 'the "foyr" quarters of Airly', National Records of Scotland, NRS GD16/27/6.
^Robert Vans-Agnew, Correspondence of Sir Robert Waus of Barnbarroch, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1887), pp. 391-2.
^Annie Isabella Cameron, Warrender Papers, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1932), pp. 50, 299: Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1595-1597, vol. 12 (Edinburgh, 1952), p. 297.
^Thomas Birch, Memorials of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, vol. 2 (London, 1754), p. 43.
^William Boyd, Calendar of State Papers Scotland: 1574-1581, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 531.
^David Masson, Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1884), pp. 450-1.
^Joseph Bain, Calendar of Border Papers, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1894), p. 551: David Masson, Register of the Privy Council, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1882), p. 209.