Alexander Ogilvy, 2nd Baron Ogilvy of Inverquharity

• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 42
• Ogilvy, Alexander (d.1456) by Thomas Finlayson Henderson
• Date of death 1446 in the ODNB.‎
• OGILVY, ALEXANDER, second Baron of Inverquharity (d. 1456), was the son of Sir John Ogilvy, third son of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchterhouse [see under Ogilvy, Sir Walter]. He obtained a charter from Alexander Seton, lord of Gordon, of Newton and other lands in the parish of Kirriemuir on 15 June 1434; from Nicoll Borthwick of the lands of Ladinch to him and Janet Towers, his spouse, on 15 March 1438; and from William Gifford, of Balnagarroch, of the lands of Little Migny on 1 April 1439. He was sheriff of Kincardine (Reg, Mag. Sig. Scot. 1424-1613, entry 376), bailie of Panmure (Exchequer Holis of Scot1. 1437-64, p. 200), and keeper of Methven Castle (ib. p. 201). (Along with the Earl of Crawford, Sir Alexander Livingstone, and others, Ogilvy about 1444 made a raid on the lands of Bishop Kennedy of St. Andrews in Fife and Angus, destroying the villages and farms, and taking captive his vassals. For this outrage they were excommunicated, and the subsequent fate that overtook Crawford and Ogilvy was supposed to prove a divine ratification of the sentence. The earl's son, master and afterwards fourth earl of Crawford [see under Lindsay, Alexander, fourth Earl of Crawford], who for some time had been justiciary of the abbey of Arbroath, was in 1446 superseded by Alexander Ogilvy. The master of Crawford determined to maintain possession of the abbey by force of arms, and Ogilvv resolved by force to oust him from it. Before the commencement of the battle on 13 Jan. 1445-6, the old Earl of Crawford, who suddenly appeared between the opposing forces as mediator, was accidentally shot by one of the Ogilvys. The incident led to an immediate and furious conflict, in which the Ogilvys were defeated. Ogilvy himself, who was severely wounded, was taken prisoner and carried to the castle of Finhaven, where, it is said, he was smothered with a down pillow by the widowed Countess of Crawford. By his wife Janet, daughter and heiress of William Towers, he had a son, John Ogilvy, third baron of Inverquharity. ([Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot.; Exchequer Rolls of Seotl; Auchinleck Cbron.; Douglas's Baronage.]
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• Alexander Ogilvy, 2nd of Inverquharity1
• M, #544499, d. 23 January 1445
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• Alexander Ogilvy, 2nd of Inverquharity was the son of Sir John Ogilvy, 1st of Inverquharity.2 He married Janet Towers, daughter of William Towers.1 He died on 23 January 1445, killed in a fight with the Lindsays.1
• On 15 June 1434 obtained charters from: Alexander Seton, feudal Lord of Gordon, of the lands of Newton, Herdhill and Kinnordie Balbredie, in the (territorial) Barony of Kirriemuir , Nichol Borthwick of the lands of Ladinch (15 March 1438) and William Gifford of B.1 In 1444 had licence to fortify his house and add an iron gate.1
• Child of Alexander Ogilvy, 2nd of Inverquharity and Janet Towers
  • Alexander Ogilvy, 3rd of Inverquharity2 d. c 1454
• Citations
• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2981. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S37] BP2003. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p54450.htm#i544499 ________________
• Inverquharity Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Angus, Scotland. It lies around 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) north-east of Kirriemuir near the River South Esk.
• The lands of Inverquharity came to the Ogilvie family around 1420. The castle was first constructed as a rectangular tower in the 1440s, by Alexander Ogilvie, 2nd Lord Inverquharity. In the 16th century a wing was added to form a four-storey L-plan castle.
• In 1445 a dispute between Alexander Ogilvy of Inverquharity and the son of the Earl of Crawford from nearby Finavon Castle culminated in the Battle of Arbroath in which Ogilvy and the Earl were killed.[1]
• In the late 18th century, the tower was sold by the 5th Ogilvy Baronet, and the wing demolished. The castle decayed until the 1960s, when it was restored and the wing rebuilt. The original 15th-century yett, or iron gate, is still in place. In 2014, a BBC documentary followed the sale of the castle from the owners who had restored and lived there for the previous 40 years.[2] It sold in 2012 for £611,000[3] and this category A listed building remains a private family home.
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverquharity_Castle

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• Alexander Ogilvy, 2nd Baron of Inverquharity1
• M, #65537, d. 23 January 1445
• Father Sir John Ogilvy, 1st Baron of Inverquharity1 d. a 1420
• Alexander Ogilvy, 2nd Baron of Inverquharity was born at of Inverquharity, Forfarshire, Scotland.1 He died on 23 January 1445 at Arbroath, Scotland.1
• Citations
• [S147] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 1938 ed., by Sir Bernard Burke, p., p. 1889.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2181.htm#... ___________________