George Anthony Cary

M, b. 1927, d. 1953
Father(Arthur) Joyce Lunel Cary b. 7 Dec 1888, d. 29 Mar 1957
MotherGertrude Margaret Ogilvie b. 26 Aug 1891, d. 1949
ChartsJohn Ogilvie Descendants
     George Anthony Cary was born in 1927. He died in 1953.

James Ogilvie

M, b. 2 November 1780, d. 2 June 1867
FatherJohn Ogilvie b. 8 Oct 1751, d. 15 Dec 1828
MotherSusan Duncan b. 8 Oct 1752, d. 16 Apr 1836
ChartsJohn Ogilvie Descendants
     James Ogilvie was born on 2 November 1780 at Dundee, Forfar (Angus), Scotland. Christened and named after his paternal grandfather, James Ogilvie, on 14 November 1780. He was a partner in J Ogilvie & Son, Solicitors in Dundee, founded by his father, John, which became known as John and James Ogilvie, or J & J Ogilvie. James was a member of the Town Council, and held the office of Assessor to the Dean for one year. Click on the icons above for a photo of the J & J Ogilvie Office and description from the Dundee Central Library. He married Rachel Jameson, daughter of John Jameson and Sophia Anderson, on 8 January 1805. James Ogilvie died on 2 June 1867 at 1 Park Place, Dundee, Forfar, Scotland, at age 86; At the time of his death, he was the oldest solicitor in Dundee. Click on icon above to see map of area where Ogilvies and Jamesons lived.

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Rachel Jameson b. 6 Mar 1780, d. Feb 1857
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Rachel Jameson

F, b. 6 March 1780, d. February 1857
FatherJohn Jameson b. 1741, d. 1819
MotherSophia Anderson b. 1738, d. 1788
ChartsJohn Ogilvie Descendants
     Rachel Jameson was born on 6 March 1780 at Dysart. As of 1805,her married name was Ogilvie. She married James Ogilvie, son of John Ogilvie and Susan Duncan, on 8 January 1805. Rachel Jameson died in February 1857 at age 76. She was buried on 19 February 1857 at Old Howff Cemetery in Dundee, Scotland.

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James Ogilvie b. 2 Nov 1780, d. 2 Jun 1867
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Andrew Jameson Ogilvie

M, b. 27 June 1814, d. 31 August 1898
FatherJames Ogilvie b. 2 Nov 1780, d. 2 Jun 1867
MotherRachel Jameson b. 6 Mar 1780, d. Feb 1857
ChartsJohn Ogilvie Descendants
     Andrew Jameson Ogilvie was christened on 27 June 1814 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland. He was educated in 1831 at St Andrews University. He lived in 1853 at Viewpark, 4 Windsor Place, Dundee. He was a stockbroker, Andrew Ogilvie & Co. Stockbrokers. He married Jane Morrison Kay on 7 June 1853. Andrew Jameson Ogilvie died on 31 August 1898 at Broughty Ferry at age 84.

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Jane Morrison Kay
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John Ogilvie

M, b. 8 October 1751, d. 15 December 1828
FatherJames Ogilvie b. 1726, d. 17 Aug 1790
MotherMary Wilson b. 1725
ChartsJohn Ogilvie Descendants
Portrait of John Ogilvie with his son, James, seated beneath the portrait. On the left is James' son, John and on the right is James Ogilvie, John's son. Photograph c: 1857
     John Ogilvie was born on 8 October 1751 at Dundee, Forfar, Scotland. He founded the firm of John Ogilvie, Writer in Dundee in 1773. The name was changed to J. Ogilvie & Son when his son, James, (see photo) joined the firm. J&J Ogilvie was the longest running law firm in Dundee until, as Ogilvie & Cowan, it was bought by Blackadders in 2008. To see a transcript of a letter written by John in 1811 to Dr. John Duncan (most likely his brother-in-law) click on the document icon above. In addition to matters of business he describes the activities and whereabouts of his sons. (Source: Scottish Family Heritage.) He married Susan Duncan, daughter of James Duncan Junr and Christian Brough, on 11 September 1777. John Ogilvie is listed as a Writer in the Marriage Record. John Ogilvie was Burgess of Dundee on 7 January 1793. He died on 15 December 1828 at age 77 from "old age" (Howff Cemetery Records). He was buried on 20 December 1828 at Howff Cemetery, Dundee. To see map of the Old Howff click on camera icon above. Photo of Howff is last icon on right. According to his Will & Testament dated 9 June, 1829, John Ogilvie was blind in his later years, and dictated his will, naming his son James as executor. Inventory of the personal estate of John Ogilvie (on file). Susan Duncan is mentioned in the Will, along with his unmarried daughters, Christian and Elizabeth and a married daughter, Hannah.

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Susan Duncan b. 8 Oct 1752, d. 16 Apr 1836
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Susan Duncan

F, b. 8 October 1752, d. 16 April 1836
FatherJames Duncan Junr b. c 1720, d. 1763
MotherChristian Brough b. 1726
ChartsJohn Ogilvie Descendants
     Susan Duncan was born on 8 October 1752 at Perth, Scotland. As of 1777,her married name was Ogilvie. She married John Ogilvie, son of James Ogilvie and Mary Wilson, on 11 September 1777. John Ogilvie is listed as a Writer in the Marriage Record. Susan Duncan died on 16 April 1836 at Dundee at age 83 of "old age." She is buried at the Old Howff Cemetery. To see a map of the Old Howff, click on the camera icon for her husband, John Ogilvie.

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John Ogilvie b. 8 Oct 1751, d. 15 Dec 1828
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James Duncan Junr

M, b. circa 1720, d. 1763
FatherJames Duncan b. b 1700
     James Duncan Junr was born circa 1720. He married Christian Brough, daughter of Margaret Robertson, in 1745. James Duncan Junr was described as merchant in Perth in 1732 OPR. He died in 1763.

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Christian Brough b. 1726
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Andrew Duncan

M, b. 9 February 1755
FatherJames Duncan Junr b. c 1720, d. 1763
MotherChristian Brough b. 1726
     Andrew Duncan was born on 9 February 1755 at Perth.

John Ogilvie

M, b. 7 April 1787
FatherJohn Ogilvie b. 8 Oct 1751, d. 15 Dec 1828
MotherSusan Duncan b. 8 Oct 1752, d. 16 Apr 1836
ChartsJohn Ogilvie Descendants
     John Ogilvie was born on 7 April 1787 at Dundee, Forfar, Scotland; Source: Old Parish Records. He settled in Prince of Wales Island, off the western coast of Alaska. He was a general merchant with a company there. (Source: Scottish Family Heritage) in 1806.

Sir Frederick (Freddie) Wolff Ogilvie

M, b. 1893, d. 1949
FatherWilliam Maxwell Ogilvie b. 10 Sep 1852, d. 1929
MotherMary Anna Wolff b. 4 Jun 1852, d. 19 Jul 1923
ChartsJohn Ogilvie Descendants
     Sir Frederick (Freddie) Wolff Ogilvie was born in 1893 at Valparaiso, Chile. He began military service in 1914. He served throughout the war and was wounded. He married Mary Helen Macaulay, daughter of Prof. Alexander Beith (A.B.) Macaulay, circa 1920. Sir Frederick (Freddie) Wolff Ogilvie studied at Balliol College, Oxford. He was a fellow of Trinity College, Oxford and lecturer in economics. In 1926 he was Chair to the Management School of Economics at Edinburgh University. He was one of the first economists to see the significance of tourism. In Economic Study (1933) he showed how more expenditure on tourism could bring about faster growth in that area. He was vice-chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast from 1935-38. A portrait of Sir Freddie hangs in the Great Hall of the University. He became BBC's second director-general from 1938 - 1942. He was principal of Jesus College, Oxford from 1942 until his death in 1949. He died in 1949 at Oxford, England.

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Mary Helen Macaulay b. 22 Mar 1900, d. 1990
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Mary Helen Macaulay

F, b. 22 March 1900, d. 1990
FatherProf. Alexander Beith (A.B.) Macaulay b. 24 Oct 1871, d. a 1910
ChartsJohn Ogilvie Descendants
Mary Ogilvie
     Mary Helen Macaulay was born on 22 March 1900 at Edinburgh, Scotland. She was educated at St. George's, Edinburgh, and Somerville College, Oxford where she graduated in modern history in 1922. She married Sir Frederick (Freddie) Wolff Ogilvie, son of William Maxwell Ogilvie and Mary Anna Wolff, circa 1920. As of circa 1923,her married name was Lady Mary Ogilvie. Mary Helen Macaulay was much involved with her husband's academic career at Edinburgh, at Queen's, Belfast, where he was vice-chancellor and at the BBC where he was director-general in wartime, and finally at Jesus College, Oxford where he was Principal. After her husband's death in 1949, she became Dean of Women Students at Leeds University before going to St. Anne's College, Oxford, as Principal in 1953. Under her able administration the college expanded with many buildings added over the years. A joint Balliol/St. Anne's graduate institute was formed and graduate flats added with an accompanying nursery school. The Mary Ogilvie Lecture Hall at St. Anne's is named after her. She died in 1990.

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Sir Frederick (Freddie) Wolff Ogilvie b. 1893, d. 1949
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Prof. Alexander Beith (A.B.) Macaulay

M, b. 24 October 1871, d. after 1910
FatherRobert Sellar Macaulay b. 30 Nov 1830, d. a 1885
     Prof. Alexander Beith (A.B.) Macaulay was born on 24 October 1871 at Free Church Manse, Forfar. He was a Free Church minister at East Free Manse, Forfar in 1897. He lived before 1899 at 25 Melville Street, Edinburgh. He died after 1910.

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William Francis Ross (Frank) Hardie

M, b. 25 April 1902, d. 30 September 1990
FatherWilliam Ross Hardie b. 6 Jan 1862, d. 3 May 1916
     William Francis Ross (Frank) Hardie was born on 25 April 1902. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he won all the major undergraduate prizes in both classics and philosophy. He was a fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford, before being appointed to a tutorial fellowship at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He remained there - except for war service in the Treasury from 1940 to 1945 - until his retirement in 1969. He published two books, A Study in Plato (1936) and Aristotle's Ethical Theory (1968), and numerous articles in philosophical journals. He served as president of Corpus Christi College from 1950 to 1969. He died on 30 September 1990 at Oxford, England, at age 88.

James William Ogilvie

M, b. 25 January 1925, d. 25 July 1948
FatherSir Frederick (Freddie) Wolff Ogilvie b. 1893, d. 1949
MotherMary Helen Macaulay b. 22 Mar 1900, d. 1990
ChartsJohn Ogilvie Descendants
Memorial plaque in Zermatt, Switzerland
Photograph by Picasa
     James William Ogilvie was born on 25 January 1925. He was educated in 1940 at Rugby, Balliol College, Oxford and Trinity. He began military service in 1944 R.A.C. Scots Greys 1944-45; France, Holland and Germany; wounded April 1945; and Lt. (Sword of Hon.) 8th Light Cav., Indian Army, 1946; India and Burma; 1st Lt. Demobilized 1947. Returned to Balliol 1947-48. He died on 25 July 1948 at the Matterhorn, Switzerland, at age 23 in a mountain climbing accident. Also killed were James I.A. McKean and William Andrew Bell. Click on icon above to see a photo of the climbing crew the day before the accident.

Robert Maxwell Ogilvie

M, b. 5 June 1932, d. 5 November 1981
FatherSir Frederick (Freddie) Wolff Ogilvie b. 1893, d. 1949
MotherMary Helen Macaulay b. 22 Mar 1900, d. 1990
ChartsJohn Ogilvie Descendants
Robert M. Ogilvie. Courtesy of Tonbridge School.
     Robert Maxwell Ogilvie was born on 5 June 1932. He was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford (1950-54) where he earned a first in Mods and Greats. He was elected a fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, but returned to Balliol as a fellow and tutor in 1957. During this time he wrote "Latin & Greek" on the historical role of the classics in English education and society; "The Romans and their Gods" on Roman religion; "Commentary on Livy I-V". Robert was Headmaster of Tonbridge School in Kent from 1970-1975. In 1972 he was elected to the British Academy and published an Oxford Classical Text of Livy I-V and "Early Rome and the Etruscans". In 1975 he was appointed Chair of Humanity at St. Andrews. He became co-editor of Classical Quarterly in 1977, and in 1978 published "The Library of Lactantius". In addition, he was Visiting Special Lecturer, University of Toronto 1965-66; Visiting Professor, Yale 1969; and Visiting Fellow, Johannesburg 1969. He died on 5 November 1981 at age 49.