OGILVY, James 2nd Earl of Airlie ^{1 2 3}

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James married Helen OGILVY, daughter of Sir George OGILVY Lord Banff, Provost of Banff and Margaret IRVINE, 20 and 25 March 1629 (contract).¹ (Helen OGILVY was born about 1610 and died after February 1664 ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"... he (James Ogilvy) married (contract dated 20-25 March 1629) Helen Ogilvy, eldest daughter of George, first Lord Banff. She was the Lady Ogilvy of the burning of Airlie, and was, after the destruction of her husband's castles by Argyll, forced (though with child) to flee with her children to Dundee. She died after February 1664 .... He left issue by his first marriage"

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)




"Helen (Ogilvy), who was married, contract dated 20 and 25 March 1629, to James, Master of Ogilvie, afterwards second Earl of Airlie, and had issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2) ^{1 3}

James next married Mary GRANT, daughter of Sir John GRANT 6th of Freuchie and Mary OGILVY, 31 October 1668(contract).^{2 3} (Mary GRANT was born about 1629 and died after 1707.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Mary (Grant) ..... married, secondly, James Ogilvie, second Earl of Airlie, as his second wife (Contract dated 31st October, 1668), without issue. As she had been excommunicated, her marriage was arranged with great difficulty."

from Rulers of Strathspey




"He (James Ogilvy) married, secondly (contract dated 31 October 1668), Marie, Marchioness-dowager of Huntly, daughter of Sir John Grant of Freuchie and widow of Lewis, third Marquess of Huntly. As a Catholic she was excommunicated, and her marriage was arranged with great difficulty. She survived her husband."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) ²