Angus Ogilvy

Angus James Bruce Ogilvy was born on 14 September 1928 in London as the second son of the 12th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Leicester. Many of his relatives had close links with the British royal family. His grandmother, Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, was a close friend and lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary. His father was a lord-in-waiting to George V and Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother). ==Education and career==

Ogilvy was educated at Heatherdown School, near Ascot in Berkshire, and later at Eton College (also in Berkshire). Between 1946 and 1948, while on National service, he was commissioned as an officer in the Scots Guards. In 1947, he attended Trinity College, Oxford, graduating in 1950 with a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). After university, Ogilvy worked at the Drayton company and later worked with the tycoon Tiny Rowland at Drayton's subsidiary, London and Rhodesia Mining and Land Company (Lonrho). The then-Prime Minister, Sir Edward Heath, criticised the company and described it in the House of Commons as "an unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism" on a 1973 court case over the company's management style. In the 1970s he was a director of The Rank Organisation. Ogilvy's business career ended in 1976, after he was criticised in a Department of Trade report into the company's activities.{{cite news ==Marriage==

On 24 April 1963, Ogilvy married Princess Alexandra of Kent, a granddaughter of King George V and Queen Mary, and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, at Westminster Abbey in London. The wedding ceremony was attended by all the members of the royal family and was broadcast worldwide on television, watched by an estimated 200 million people. Elizabeth offered Ogilvy an earldom on his wedding, which he declined. He also rejected a grace-and-favour apartment at one of the royal palaces. Instead, he leased Thatched House Lodge in Richmond from the Crown Estate, where he lived with Alexandra, In an interview with a tabloid at the time, Marina had claimed that her parents had cut off her trust fund and monthly allowance due to their disapproval of her conduct. Marina's parents denied her allegations and said that they loved her, had not cut her off and that she was welcome at home any time. ==Later years and death==

dedicated to Angus Ogilvy and Princess Alexandra After his business career was blighted, Ogilvy was involved with charity work. His funeral took place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on 5 January 2005. He was buried in the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, at Windsor. ==Legacy==

Ogilvy and his wife attended a special service at St Anne's Church, Kew, on Sunday 10 May 1964, to mark the church's 250th anniversary. A pew cushion in the church is embroidered with their names and coats of arms. ==Honours and arms==

• KCVO: Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 31 December 1988 • PC: Privy Counsellor, 31 December 1996 ==References==