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Banff, Lord (S, 1642 - dormant 1803)

Creation: let.pat. 31 Aug 1642

Dormant: 4 Jun 1803

Family name: Ogilvy

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Arms:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent a Lion passant guardant Gules crowned Or (Ogilvy);  2nd and 3rd, Argent three Papingoes Vert beaked and membered Gules (Home)

Crest:

A Lion's Head erased Gules

Supporters:

Dexter:  A Man in Armour with a Target proper;  Sinister:  A Lion rampant Gules

Motto:

 Fideliter

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George [Ogilvy], 1st Lord Banff

1st son and heir of Sir William Ogilvy, of Banff and Dunlugus, co. Banff, by his wife Helen Urquhart, dau. of Walter Urquhart of Cromarty

born

mar. (1)

before 9 Mar 1610/11 Margaret Irvine (dspm.), dau. of Sir Alexander Irvine of Drum

only child by first wife

1. Hon Helen Ogilvy (d. after Feb 1663/4), mar. after 20 Mar 1628/9 as his first wife James [Ogilvy], 2nd Earl of Airlie, and had issue

mar. (2)

Janet Sutherland, dau. of William Sutherland of Duffus

children by second wife

1. Hon George Ogilvy, later 2nd Lord Banff

2. Hon Margaret Ogilvy, mar. John Lyon of Muiresk

3. Hon Jean Ogilvy, mar. ..... Gordon of Badinscoth

4. Hon Mary Ogilvy, mar. (1) after 20 Nov 1649 Walter Innes of Auchluncart, and (2) after Dec 1701 Alexander Sutherland of Kinminity

died

11 Aug 1663

created

30 Jul 1627 Baronet of Nova Scotia

31 Aug 1642 Lord Banff "to him and his heirs male for ever bearing the name and arms of Ogilvy"

suc. by

son by second wife

note

 his wife complained to the Privy Council of his cruelty to her and her children 1629;  distinguished himself against the Covenanters at the Bridge of Dee 1639, in revenge for which the Covenanting army wrecked his house and gardens at Banff;  fiend £1,000 by Cromwell 1654

George [Ogilvy], 2nd Lord Banff

born

mar.

Hon Agnes Falconer (d. Mar 1708), only dau. of Alexander [Falconer], 1st Lord Falconer of Halkerton, by his wife Hon Ann Lindsay, only dau. of John [Lindsay], 8th Lord Lindsay of the Byres

children

1. Hon George Ogilvy, later 3rd Lord Banff

2. Hon Sir Alexander Ogilvy of Forglen, 1st Bt. (cr. 24 Jun 1701), a Lord of Session under the style of Lord Forglen (d. 30 Mar 1727), mar. (1) after 17 Nov 1681 Mary Allardice (b. 18 Aug 1663), 1st dau. of Sir John Allardice of that Ilk, and (2) 18 Jan 1702 Hon Mary Kinloch (widow of Sir Francis Kinloch of Gilmerton; dsp. 24 Mar 1748), 2nd dau. of David [Leslie], 1st Lord Newark, by his wife Jean Yorke, 3rd dau. by his first wife of Sir John Yorke, of Gowthwaite, co. York, and had issue by his first wife:

1a. George Ogilvy

2a. Alexander Ogilvy, Yr of Forglen (dvp.), mar. 7 Aug 1714 Jane Frend (mar. (2) Archibald Campbell of Stonefield), dau. of Benjamin Frend, of Ballyrehy, King's County, and had issue:

1b. Sir Alexander Ogilvy of Forglen, 2nd Bt., later 7th Lord Banff

1b. Bridget Ogilvy

1a. Mary Ogilvy (d. 1738)

2a. Agnes Ogilvy, mar. 28 Jan 1705 Sir Alexander Reid of Barra, 2nd Bt., and had issue

3a. Ann Ogilvy (b. c. 1694; d. May 1719), mar. Andrew Hay of Mountblairy, and had issue

4a. Helen Ogilvy, mar. 13 Mar 1712 James Smollett, son and heir of James Smollett of Bonhill

5a. Margaret Ogilvy (b. 12 Mar 1700)

1. Hon Jeane Ogilvy (bapt. 5 Jan 1651)

2. Hon Agnes Ogilvy (bapt. 29 Dec 1651), mar. Francis Gordon of Craig of Auchindoir

3. Hon Margaret Ogilvy (bapt. 8 Oct 1654; d. unm.)

4. Hon Helen Ogilvy (d. 9 Jan 1714), mar. 25 Apr 1694 Sir Robert Lauder of Bielmouth, Clerk of the Exchequer (d. Jun 1709), and had issue

5. Hon Mary Ogilvy, mar. after 1 Jun 1680 John Forbes of Balflugg

6. Hon Isobel Ogilvy

7. Hon Marjory Ogilvy

8. Hon Janet Ogilvy (b. posthumously 1668; d. Jul 1743), mar. after 16 Jun 1694 John Leith of Leithhall, and had issue

died

Mar 1668

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Nairnshire 1644; fought for King Charles II at the Battle of Worcester

George [Ogilvy], 3rd Lord Banff

bapt.

9 Sep 1649

mar.

after 23 Sep 1669 Lady Jean Keith (d. after 1687), 3rd dau. of William [Keith], 6th Earl Marischal, by his first wife Lady Elizabeth Seton, 4th dau. by his first wife dau. of George [Seton], 3rd Earl of Winton

children

1. Hon George Ogilvy, later 4th Lord Banff

1. Hon Anne Ogilvy

2. Hon Isobel Ogilvy, mar. 16 Jan 1722 George Barclay, merchant in Banff

3. Hon Mary Ogilvy (b. 3 Mar 1679; d. 20 Apr 1756), mar. (1) 1714 John Joass, Yr of Colleonard (d. bef. 7 Nov 1718), and (2) 1723 as his second wife Rev William Hunter, Minister of Banff, and had issue by her first husband

died

Nov 1713

suc. by

son

note

he renounced his Roman Catholicism and took his seat in Parliament 1706; he was a strong supporter of the Union with England; his wife complained in 1685 that her husband was refusing to cohabit with her; he died in the fire that destroyed his house at Inchdruer, co. Banff

George [Ogilvy], 4th Lord Banff

bapt.

4 Aug 1670

mar.

11 Jan 1712 Helen Lauder (mar. (2) 27 Jun 1721 Alexander Gordon of Glengerrack, and (3) James Hay, a merchant in Banff; d. 22 Oct 1742), dau. of Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, 2nd Bt. MP, a Lord of Session under the style of Lord Fountainhall, by his first wife Janet Ramsay, dau. of Sir Andrew Ramsay of Abbotshall, 1st Bt., Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1654-57 and 1662-73 and a Lord of Session under the style of Lord Abbotshall, by his wife Lady Anne Montgomerie, 6th dau. by his second wife of Hugh [Montgomerie], 7th Earl of Eglinton

children

1. Hon George Ogilvy (bapt. 20 Feb 1714; dvp. an infant)

2. Hon George Ogilvy (bapt. 28 Nov 1715; dvp. an infant)

3. Hon John George Ogilvy, later 5th Lord Banff

4. Hon Alexander Ogilvy, later 6th Lord Banff

died

before 12 Jan 1717/8

suc. by

son

note

John George [Ogilvy], 5th Lord Banff

born

18 Feb 1717

mar.

18 Aug 1735 in the Fleet Prison Mary Ogilvy (b. c. 1715; mar. (2) Rev Thomas Kemp DD, Rector of St Michael's Church, Crooked Lane, London (b. c. 1700; d. 21 Jul 1769; bur. at Cheam, co. Surrey); d. 31 Jan 1784; bur. at Cheam, co. Surrey), dau. of Capt James Ogilvy

died

s.p. 29 Jul 1738, being drowned while bathing at the Black Rocks, near Cullen (bur. at Banff)

suc. by

brother

note

Alexander [Ogilvy], 6th Lord Banff

bapt.

12 Jul 1718

died

Nov 1746 at Lisbon (bur. in St Martin's-in-the-Fields, London)

suc. by

second cousin

note

entered the Navy 1732/3; Capt, 1741; Commander of HMS Hastings 1742-43 with which he captured a Spanish privateer and in recognition of his gallantry he received the freedom of the City of Glasgow 1743

Alexander [Ogilvy], 7th Lord Banff

born

mar.

2 Apr 1749 Jean Nisbet (d. 29 Aug 1790), dau. of William Nisbet of Dirletoun

children

1. Hon Alexander Ogilvy, Master of Banff (dvp. 1763)

2. Hon William Ogilvy, later 8th Lord Banff

3. Hon Archibald Ogilvy (dvp. 1763)

4. Capt Hon David Ogilvy, a burgess of Banff 1779 (d. 10 Aug 1796)

1. Hon Jean Ogilvy, inherited the Banff estates, mar. Sir George Abercromby of Birkenbog, and had issue

2. Hon Sophia Ogilvy

3. Hon Janet Ogilvy (b. c. 1753; d. 24 Oct 1835), mar. 9 Oct 1797 Rev John Willison, Minister of Forgandenny

4. Hon Mary Ogilvy (d. Dec 1789), mar. 23 Aug 1780 Alexander Murray of Aytoun

5. Hon Grace Ogilvy, mar. ..... Douglas

died

1 Sep 1771

suc. by

son

note

suc. his grandfather as 2nd Baronet of Forglen 1727

William [Ogilvy], 8th Lord Banff

born

died

4 Jun 1803

note

served under the Duke of York as an officer in the 6th (Enniskillen] Dragoons; Cornet 1773; Lieut 1778; Capt 1780 ; retired 1794

On the death of the 8th Lord Banff the male issue of the 1st Lord Banff became extinct and the two baronetcies became extinct and the peerage became dormant.

 First written 5 May 2010

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