Donald Ogilvy

Col. the Hon. Donald Ogilvy (27 May 1788 – 30 December 1863)[1] of Clova in Forfarshire was a Scottish politician.

Ogilvy's father, who had inherited estates in both Forfarshire and Perthshire, styled himself the 5th Earl of Airlie. The title which had been attainted twice, through the family's involvement in both the Jacobite rising of 1715 and 1745 rising. The attainder was lifted in 1826, allowing Donald's other brother David to resume the title.[2]

Donald joined the army of East India Company in 1804, but was not promoted, so settled in Scotland first in Fettercairn, and then from 1820 at Clova. at the 1830 general election he contested the Perth Burghs, losing to John Stuart-Wortley. Wortley was unseated on petition, but the resulting by-election was contested by Donald's brother William Ogilvy.[2]

Donald was elected at a by-election in October 1831 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Forfarshire, at a by-election following the sitting MP William Maule's elevation to the peerage.[2] However, he was unseated on petition in January 1832,[1] and did not stand for Parliament again.[2]

In the 1830s he is listed as living at 4 Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh's fashionable west end. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
  2. 1 2 3 4 Escott, Margaret (2009). D.R. Fisher, ed. "OGILVY, Hon. Donald (1788-1863), of Clova, Forfar". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  3. ↑ http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=83401335&mode=transcription
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Maule		 Member of Parliament for Forfarshire
1831 – 1832 		Succeeded by
Lord Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton


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