Sir John Ogilvy, 9th Baronet

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Sir
John Ogilvy
9th Baronet of Inverquharity

Sir John Ogilvy, by Robert Payton Reid (after George Reid), painted c. 1885
Born (1803-03-17)17 March 1803
Edinburgh
Died 9 March 1890(1890-03-09) (aged 86)
Archerfield, East Lothian
Nationality Scottish

Sir John Ogilvy, 9th Baronet (17 March 1803 – 9 March 1890), was a Scottish Liberal Party politician who was MP for Dundee from 1857 to 1874.

Origins

Sir John was born in Edinburgh on 17 March 1803, eldest of the nine children of Sir William Ogilvy and his wife Sarah Morley.[1] He was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford where he matriculated on 5 November 1821.[2] He succeeded to the family baronetcy on the death of his father in 1823.

Career

With his wife Lady Jane Ogilvy he was largely responsible for the foundation of Baldovan Institute in 1852,[3] Scotland's first residential hospital for learning disabled children.[4] He was closely involved in the moving of Dundee Royal Infirmary to a new site, and played a prominent part in the laying of the foundation stone for the new building on 22 July 1852.[5][6] He also established the Dundee Corn Exchange in 1856.[7]

He made an unsuccessful attempt to represent Montrose in parliament when a by-election was called there in 1855.[8] He had better luck in the general election two years later, when he was elected to represent Dundee.

He was MP for Dundee from 1857 to 1874, originally as its sole member, but from 1868 was one of two members representing the town after it became a two-member constituency.[9] He was first elected at the general election of 1857, defeating his future colleague George Armitstead, by 245 votes. In both 1859 and 1865 he was returned unopposed.[9] In the first election for the new two member seat in 1868 he was elected in second place, finishing 77 votes behind Armitstead, but polling over 3,000 votes more than third placed candidate.[9]

Marriage & progeny

Sir John married twice. On 7 July 1831 he married Juliana Barbara, the youngest daughter of Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard, at St George's Hanover Square.[10] The couple had two children before Lady Juliana's death on 27 December 1833(1833-12-27) (aged 21):[1]

Sir John remarried on 5 April 1836 to Jane Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, in Charlton, Wiltshire.[10] The couple had five children:[1]

Lady Jane Ogilvy died on 28 July 1861(1861-07-28) (aged 52).

Death and memorials

Sir John died on 9 March 1890(1890-03-09) (aged 86) in Archerfield, East Lothian,[10] whilst on a visit to his son Henry Hamilton Ogilvy accompanied by Eveline, his youngest daughter.[11] He was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir Reginald Ogilvy, who died in 1910.[12]

His passing was marked by a memorial poem by William McGonagall.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Foster, Joseph (1882). The peerage, baronetage, and knightage of the British Empire. London: Nichols & Sons. p. 470.
  2. ↑ Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886. University of Oxford. p. 1037.
  3. ↑ "THB 8 Strathmartine Hospital". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hospital history: Special Needs Baldovan Institute". Life at Liff. Dundee City Council. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Dundee Royal Infirmary 1854 - The Story of the Old Infirmary". Provincial Grand Lodge of Forfarshire.
  6. ↑ Guthrie, Douglas (April 1950). "Review: Dundee Royal Infirmary, 1798 to 1948;". The Scottish Historical Review. 29 (107): 104–106. ISSN 0036-9241 – via JSTOR. (registration required (help)).
  7. ↑ "MS 105/13 Dundee Corn Exchange and Public Hall Association". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  8. ↑ Dod, Charles R. (1866). Dod's peerage, baronetage and knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whittaker & Co. pp. 449–450.
  9. 1 2 3 Hazel, John (1977). John W. Hazel's Book of Records. Dundee: D Winter & Son. p. 47.
  10. 1 2 3 Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1900). Complete Baronetage. 2. Exeter: William Pollard. p. 317.
  11. ↑ "Death of Sir John Ogilvy". Dundee Courier. 31 March 1890. (subscription required (help)).
  12. ↑ "The Late Sir Reginald Ogilvy". The Scotsman. 14 March 1910.
  13. ↑ McGonagall, William (1890). "The Late Sir John Ogilvy". McGonagall Online.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Duncan		 Member of Parliament for Dundee
1857–1874
With: George Armitstead 1868–1873
James Yeaman 1873–1874		 Succeeded by
James Yeaman
Edward Jenkins
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
William Ogilvy		 Baronet
(of Inverquharity)
1823–1890 		Succeeded by
Reginald Howard Alexander Ogilvy


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