OGILVY, Walter of Auchlevyn and Deskford, Sheriff of Banffshire, Sir ^{1 3}

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  General Notes:

"Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchlevyn and Deskford, ancestor of the Earls of Findlater, was the eldest son of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Carcary and Lintrathen, ancestor of the Earls of Airlie by his second wife Isobel, one of the three daughters and heirs portioners of Sir John Glen of Balmuto by his wife Margaret Erskine. The date of Walter's birth is uncertain, but his father and mother were married 1390-1406, and he was a witness to a charter by his father on 28 January 1426."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) ²

Walter married Margaret SINCLAIR heiress of Deskford and Findlater, daughter of Sir John SINCLAIR of Deskford and Findlater and Euphemia HAY, by 1436.^{1 2} (Margaret SINCLAIR heiress of Deskford and Findlater was born about 1422.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Crawfurd quotes a Findlater writ to prove that Walter's marriage to Margaret Sinclair, heiress of Deskford, took place in 1437, but he was Lord of Deskford in 1436, when he presented plate and vestments to the altar of St. John the Evangelist in the cathedral church of Aberdeen." (pages 16-17)

"He (Walter Ogilvy) married, at least as early as 1436, when he is described as Lord of Deskford, Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir John Sinclair of Deskford and Findlater. The marriage may have been in 1435. He had a charter, 11 August 1440, of the lands and baronies of Deskford and Finlater, to himself and his wife, who had resigned them while still in sua virginitate." (page 17)

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) ²