James Ogilvy

James Ogilvy
Born (1964-02-29) 29 February 1964 (age 59)
Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, England
Education
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews (MA)
Cranfield University (MBA)
Spouse
Julia Rawlinson
(m. 1988)
Children2
Parents

James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (born 29 February 1964) is a British landscape designer, and the founder and editor of Luxury Briefing. He is a relative of the British royal family as the elder child and only son of Sir Angus Ogilvy and Princess Alexandra of Kent. His mother was a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, both being granddaughters of George V. As a result, he is a second cousin of King Charles III and 58th in the line to the British throne.

Early life and family

Ogilvy was born in Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey. He was the first of four children born to royalty within a space of nine weeks in 1964, the others being Prince Edward, Lady Helen Windsor and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones. Ogilvy was baptised by Arthur Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, with Queen Elizabeth II among his seven godparents. When he was born, he was 13th in the line of succession to the British throne. As of May 2023, he is 58th.

Education and professional life

His education began in the "palace school" with his cousins Prince Edward, Lady Helen Windsor and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones. Subsequently, Ogilvy attended Gibbs pre-prep and Heatherdown Preparatory School (with Prince Edward). After that, Ogilvy and Prince Edward went separate ways, the prince to Gordonstoun and Cambridge, and Ogilvy to Eton College and the University of St Andrews. From St. Andrews, he earned a Scottish Master of Arts degree in History of art. He then attended the full-time MBA course at Cranfield from 1990 to 1991, obtaining the MBA qualification.

He worked for Barclays de Zoete Wedd (BZW) and then a shipping agency in Edinburgh.

He is the publisher and founder of Luxury Briefing, a magazine launched in 1996, and has served on numerous boards of directors.

Ogilvy is also a professional photographer and landscape designer.

Personal life

He married Julia Caroline Rawlinson, daughter of Charles Frederick Melville Rawlinson, of Arkesden, Essex, a merchant banker, on 30 July 1988 at St Mary's Church in Saffron Walden, Essex. The couple have two children:

He is also a godfather of Princess Eugenie, the younger daughter of his second cousin, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York.

In 1997, while on holiday in Florida with his wife and children, he swam out into the ocean and was bitten by a shark. Ogilvy had several leg wounds and required 30 stitches.

Ancestry

His maternal grandparents were Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V; and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. Princess Marina was the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (later known as Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark). He has a younger sister, Marina Ogilvy.

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