James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater

James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater (born April 10, 1750 at Huntingtower Castle near Perth (Scotland) , † October 5, 1811 in Dresden , Kingdom of Saxony ) was a Scottish peer .

Huntingtower Castle, the house where he was born

Live and act

He was the elder son of James Ogilvy, 6th Earl of Findlater (around 1714-1770), and Lady Mary Murray (1720-1795), the second daughter from the second marriage of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl (1660-1724 ). James' only brother John died in 1763. In 1770 his father committed suicide and James inherited his fortune and title as 7th Earl of Findlater and 4th Earl of Seafield .

He studied at Christ Church College of Oxford University . After completing his studies, he left the British Isles, moved to the Austrian Netherlands and married Christina Teresa Josepha Murray († 1813) in Brussels in 1779 , with whom he only lived briefly. Christina Teresa Josepha was the daughter of Joseph Jacob Murray de Melgum .

Ogilvy was expelled from his homeland because of his homosexual tendencies. He acquired the Helfenberg manor near Dresden (today incorporated) as well as several contiguous vineyards on the Dresden Elbe slope , on which he had a palace built by the architect and court builder Johann August Giesel . Albrechtsberg Castle was later built on the foundations of the palace, which Ogilvy did not live to see completion .

Since he left no descendants, the title Earl of Findlater expired on his death in 1811 . The title Earl of Seafield fell in the female line to his second nephew, the politician and lawyer Sir Lewis Grant, 9th Baronet (1767-1840), who then added his family name to Grant-Ogilvy .

View of his Berg-Palais near Dresden around 1850

Ogilvy's acquired lands in Dresden, which are also known as Findlaters Weinberg or Findlaterscher Weinberg , are located in the northwestern corner of Loschwitz between Elbe and Bautzner Strasse , in the vicinity of Saloppe and Dinglingers Weinberg . Today they are the location of the three Elbe castles .

Grave slab in front of the Loschwitz church

The joint grave of Ogilvys and his partner Johann Georg Christian Fischer (1773-1860) is located at Loschwitz Church . His title and name are Germanized on the grave slab with “Herr Lord Jacob Graf v. Findlater, Pair v. Scotland ” . The date of birth is missing, instead an (apparently incorrect) age of 64 is given.

Works (selection)

James Ogilvy: Agricultural Diversities and Agriculture's Experiences. According to the latest attempts by English economists . Calve, Prague 1800.

literature

Fritz Löffler : The old Dresden. History of his buildings . Seemann, Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3363000073 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Charles Mosley: Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage . Volume 3, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington 2003, p. 3551.
↑ ^a ^b Findlater. In: William Anderson: The Scottish Nation. Or the surnames, families, literature, honors and biographical history of the people of scotland. Volume 2: DAL-MAC . Fullarton, Edinburgh and London 1862, pp. 214-216 ( digitized in the Google book search).

predecessor	Office	successor
James Ogilvy	Earl of Findlater 1770-1811	Title expired
James Ogilvy	Earl of Seafield 1770-1811	Lewis Grant-Ogilvy

personal data
SURNAME	Ogilvy, James, 7th Earl of Findlater
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Findlater, James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish peer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 10, 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH	Huntingtower Castle near Perth (Scotland)
DATE OF DEATH	October 5, 1811
Place of death	Dresden , Kingdom of Saxony

[BP-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Charles Mosley: Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage . Volume 3, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington 2003, p. 3551.

[TSN-2] Findlater. In: William Anderson: The Scottish Nation. Or the surnames, families, literature, honors and biographical history of the people of scotland. Volume 2: DAL-MAC . Fullarton, Edinburgh and London 1862, pp. 214-216 ( digitized in the Google book search).