James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater

1663 - 1730  (67 years)

• Name	James Ogilvy
  Suffix	4th Earl of Findlater
  Birth	11 Jul 1663
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Aug 1730
  Burial	Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland
  Notes	James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater and 1st Earl of Seafield, KT, PC (11 July 1664 – 19 August 1730) was a Scottish politician. Findlater was the son of James Ogilvy, 3rd Earl of Findlater, and Lady Anne Montgomerie. He was elected to the Faculty of Advocates in 1685, and was a Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for Banffshire from 1681 to 1682 and from 1689 to 1695. Findlater was Solicitor General for Scotland from 1693, Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1702 to 1704 and from 1705 to 1708, Secretary of State from 1696 to 1702 and joint secretary from 1704 to 1705. Findlater was created Viscount Seafield in 1698 and Earl of Seafield in 1701. He was a Commissioner for the Union from 1702 and an active promoter of the Union from 1706. He served as first Lord Chief Baron of the Scottish Court of Exchequer, established by the Act of Union. By 1713 his views on Union had changed and he moved for its repeal. He served as Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland from 1713 to 1714 and sat in the British House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1707 to 1710, from 1712 to 1715 and from 1722 to 1730. Findlater was admitted to the Privy Council of Great Britain in 1707 and was appointed Lord Chief Baron in the Court of Exchequer in 1707. In 1711 he succeeded his father as fourth Earl of Findlater. Lord Findlater married Anne Dunbar, daughter of Sir William Dunbar, 1st Baronet, in 1687. He died in August 1730, aged 66, and was succeeded by his son James Ogilvy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ogilvy,_4th_Earl_of_Findlater
  Person ID	I440	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	James Ogilvy   d. 1711
  Mother	Anne Montgomerie
  Marriage	Abt 1658
  Family ID	F39	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Dunbar,   b. 1672, Banffshire, Scotland d. 14 Aug 1708, Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1687
  Children	1. James Ogilvy, Earl of Findlater,   b. Abt 1689, Findlater, Banff, Scotland d. 9 Jul 1764, Cullen House, Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

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