James Donald Diarmid Ogilvy (1934 - 2024) | The Royals and Nobles Ancestry

1934 - 2024 (89 years)

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Birth 28 Jun 1934

Education Eton

Occupation / Profession Director of Rowan Investment Managers

Event From 1947 to 1951 (12 years old)

Page of Honour to His Majesty King George VI

Occupation / Profession From 1952 to 1954 (17 years old)

Lieutenant in the Scots Guards

Occupation / Profession From 1953 to 1954 (18 years old)

Served in Egypt

Occupation / Profession From 1959 to 1986 (24 years old)

Partner in Rowe and Pitman (stockbrokers)

Occupation / Profession From 1986 to 1988 (51 years old)

Vice-Chairman of Mercury Asset Management public limited company

Honor 1993 (58 years old)

Order of Southern Cross of Brazil

Occupation / Profession From 1995 (60 years old)

Director of Foreign and Colonial Emerging Markets

Occupation / Profession From 1996 (61 years old)

Governor of Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospitals

Occupation / Profession From 1998 to 2000 (63 years old)

Chairman of Sutherlands (Highlanders)

Occupation / Profession From 1998 (63 years old)

Director of Berkshire Capital Corp UK

Membership Royal Company Archers

Death 3 Jan 2024

Origins

Patriarch & Matriarch

Patrick Ogilvy (19 x Great Grandfather)

Alexandra Maria Bridget Coke
b. Date unknown
d. 1984 (Mother)

Siblings 2 brothers and 3 sisters

	01. Victoria Jean Marjorie Mabell Ogilvy b. 21 Sep 1918 d. Date unknown
>	02. Margaret Helen Isla Marion Ogilvy b. 23 Jul 1920 d. Date unknown └─Iain Mark Tennant, , m. 11 Jul 1946
>	03. Griselda Davina Roberta Ogilvy b. 12 Jun 1924 d. 8 Jun 1977 (Age 52 years) └─Peter Edward Gerald Balfour, , m. 6 Nov 1948, div. 1968
+	04. David George Patrick Coke Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie b. 17 May 1926 d. 26 Jun 2023 (Age 97 years) └─Virginia Fortune Ryan b. 9 Feb 1933 d. 16 Aug 2024 (Age 91 years), m. 23 Oct 1952
	05. Angus James Bruce Ogilvy b. 14 Sep 1928 (Age 96 years)
>	06. James Donald Diarmid Ogilvy b. 28 Jun 1934 d. 3 Jan 2024 (Age 89 years) └─Magdalen June Ruth Ducas, , m. 2 Jul 1959, div. Date unknown └─Caroline Child Villiers, , m. 1980

Person ID P6872 Europe

Last Modified 12 Jul 2025

Father	David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie b. 18 Jul 1893 d. 28 Dec 1968 (Age 75 years)
Mother	Alexandra Maria Bridget Coke b. Date unknown d. 1984
Marriage	17 Jul 1917
Age at Marriage	David was 24 years old. Alexandra was ?? old. They were married for 51 years and 5 months.
Family ID	F3350	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Wife 1	Magdalen June Ruth Ducas [1]
Marriage	2 Jul 1959
Age at Marriage	James was 25 years and 1 month old. Magdalen was ?? old. They were married for less than 20 years and 5 months.
Divorce	Date unknown
Family ID	F3363	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	12 Jul 2025

Wife 2	Caroline Child Villiers [1]
Marriage	1980
Age at Marriage	James was ~ 45 years and 6 months old. Caroline was ?? old. They were married for ~ 44 years and 1 month.
Family ID	F3366	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	12 Jul 2025

Sources
[S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 60 - Column 1 (Reliability: 3).

James Donald Diarmid Ogilvy^[1]