#sir angus ogilvy

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1977 The Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with other members of the royal family on the balcony, celebrating 25 years of her reign.

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Princess Anne walking with Peter & Zara ☺️

Equerry Tim talking to Sir Angus Ogilvy 🧐

Royal Christmas Service 1987 @ Windsor

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Court Circular | 15th November 2023

Buckingham Palace

The King and Queen were present at the Service of Thanksgiving for the late Earl of Airlie KT (Lord Chamberlain to The late Queen Elizabeth II) which was held in the Chapel of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3, this afternoon.

The Prince of Wales was represented by Miss Helen Asprey.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were represented by Mrs Angus Galletley.

The Princess Royal was represented by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.

The Duke of Kent was represented by Earl of St Andrews.

Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy was represented by Mr James Ogilvy and Miss Marina Ogilvy.

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were present at the Service of Thanksgiving for the late Earl of Airlie KT which was held in the Chapel of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3, this afternoon.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal this morning visited BAE Systems Submarines’ Submarine Academy and the University of Cumbria Campus, Barrow-in-Furness, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria (Mr Alexander Scott).

Her Royal Highness this afternoon visited the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Marine Terminal, Cavendish Dock Road, Barrow-in-Furness.

The Princess Royal, Patron, the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, afterwards visited Barrow-in-Furness Citizens Advice Bureau to mark the reopening of Ramsden Hall in Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness.

Her Royal Highness, Patron, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, this evening attended a Dinner at St George’s Hall, St George’s Place, Liverpool, to mark its One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Anniversary and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside (Mr Mark Blundell).

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✵ April 24, 1963✵

Princess Alexandra of Kent & Sir Angus Ogilvy

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HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent with HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent and Hon Sir Angus Ogilvy at the Derby.

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On November 15th 1746, James Reid was executed at York for being a part of the Jacobite uprising.

Reid, a native of Angus, was among many Jacobites captured at Carlisle  and as per usual dates are a bit iffy with this post.

The following is an extract from Grattan Flood’s Story of the Bagpipe. “So powerful a factor was the Scotch bagpipe in working up enthusiasm for the Stuart cause that it was regarded as an instrument of war. This point is amply proved by the fact that James Reid, a Scotch piper, was tried at York for high treason, the capital offence being that as no Highland Regiment ever marched without a piper; therefore, his bagpipe in the eye of the law was an instrument of war.

“Reid suffered death at York on November 6, 1746, as is reported in the contemporary Caledonian Mercury.”

On checking this information in the National Library [in Edinburgh] it was noted that this information was given in the Caledonian Mercury of November 25, 1746. The following is the extract:

“On Saturday 15th James Reid was executed for high treason at York. He was of the Shire of Angus and a private man in Lord Ogilvy’s regiment”.

Lord Ogilvy was only 21 years old and commanded two battalions. He had held a commission in the French Army and was very popular with his men. The Angus men were supposed to be the best equipped and according to some accounts the best disciplined in the Prince’s army. They kept the retreating right wing at Culloden from being cut to pieces. Lord Ogilvy escaped to France via Norway and became a general in the French army. He eventually regained his estates. He died in 1803.

In the three volumes of Prisoners of The ’45 by Sir Bruce Seton and Jean Gordon Arnot (published in 1929) there are several hundred names of soldiers of Charles Edward Stuart. Some of the pipers listed are as follows:

John Sinclair. Piper in Ogilvy’s regiment. Town piper of Arbroath. Discharged March 4, 1747.

John Ballantyne. Piper in Lord George Murray’s regiment. Taken at Carlisle. Tried at York on October 2, 1746 and acquitted.

Nicholas Carr. Piper in Glenbucket’s regiment; acquitted October 1746.

Robert Jamieson. Piper in the Duke of Perth’s regiment; captured at Carlisle and transported.

Allan MacDougall of Duke of Atholl’s and Lord Nairn’s regiments; served as a blind Highland piper and was taken at Falkirk. He was pardoned in 1747. What a blind man could do in an army had only one reason. He must have been an exceptionally talented and well known piper. Could this have been Blind MacDougall mentioned in Angus MacKay’s MS? His name is associated with the following tunes: The King’s Taxes, Farewell Donald, Lament For Captain MacDougall, the Nameless tune (Book 4 of the Piobaireachd Society Collection (three Nameless tunes are shown but which one is MacDougalls is not clear), Cumha Iain Cheir, The Duke of Perth’s Lament and Lachlan MacNeill of Kintarbert. Angus MacKay states that this MacDougall is Ronald MacDougall and it is not likely that there are two blind MacDougalls. It could be reasonable to assume that this blind MacDougall piper is the same man.

And the main subject of this post;

James Reid. Piper in Ogilvy’s regiment. Executed York on November 15, 1746. The relevant entry is:

2800. Reid, James. Piper, Ogilvy’s. 30.12.45 Carlisle; Lancaster Castle, York. Executed York 15/11/46. Angus. Taken at capture of Carlisle. It was pointed out at his trial at York on 2nd Oct. that he was only a piper, but he was found guilty but recommended to mercy. Nevertheless he was executed. The Court ruled that ‘no regiment ever marched without musical instruments such as drums, trumpets and the like; and that a Highland regiment never marched without a piper; and therefore his bagpipe, in the eye of the law, was an instrument of war.” – Baga, lxix. 193; S.P.D., 79-26, 91-77.

Also listed were several drummers and fiddlers.

Manson, in his book The Highland Bagpipe, states that Charles Edward had 32 pipers playing before his tent at meal times. The relevant papers a decisions about hanging Reid have been checked up in the [National] Library in Edinburgh and in London and I have yet to find any government decision to hang rebel pipers. James Reid was not the only piper – he was just the unlucky one as the rest got off or were transported.

It would appear that the decision to hang Reid was made by the court at York in isolation and not under any official directive. There is little record of pipers being harassed, imprisoned, or hanged for playing the pipes after the ’45 and we know that Joseph MacDonald compiled his Compleat Theory of the Scots Highland Bagpipe in 1760, 14 years after the troubles. It would be reasonable to assume that piping did not suffer unduly.

James Reid must be unique in piping history as the only one who lost his life because he was a piper.

Black Watch museum in Perth also hold information on Jacobite prisoners, including James Reid, they appear to records taken directly from the hearings;

“John Porteous was tried next, who appeared to be Deferter from one of our Regiments: He alledged, in Excufe of his Offence, and as a Plea to ftop Sentence, that he had the Promife of his Royal Highnefs the Duke of Cumberland for his Pardon – Guilty.

“James Reid was then tried, whom the Witneffes for the Crown plainly proved to have engaged with the Rebels, and to have acted as a Piper to a Rebel Regiment, tho’ it did not appear that he had ever carried any Arms; upon which he was recommended to Mercy by the Jury. The Court obferved upon this, that every Perfon who joined any Set of People engaged in an open Rebellion, tho’ they did not bear Arms, they were guilty of High Treafon; that no Regiments ever marched without Mufical Inftruments, as Drums, Trumpets, or the like; and that in an Highland Regiment there was no Moving without a Piper, and therefore his Bagpipe, in the Eye of the Law, was an Inftrument of War. The Jury upon this would have retracted their Recommendation, but the Court told them, it muft not now be permitted — Guilty. Then the Court adjourned to Saturday.

“On Saturday, James Main was firft brought to the Bar; but his Counfel moving for farther Time, upon Account of fome of his Witneffes being on the Road, the Court was fo favourable, as to poftpone his Trial.

“Then John Long was brought upon his Trial, and fix Witneffes were examined for the Crown, to prove that he had acted as a Surgeon’s mate in the Rebel Army; but the Proof not coming up to the Species of High Treafon laid in the Indictment, he was acquitted on the Motion of the King’s Counfel.

“James McColley was tried next, and was proved by four Witneffes to have appeared in Arms at feveral Places: He did not attempt to contradict this in his Defence, but examined fome Witneffes to fhew that his Cafe was the fame with Charles Robinfon’s — Guilty.”

In total there were 22 Jacobites executed at York in the wake of the ‘45 Crann Tara held a commemorate event in York in their memory ib 2007, a simple stones marks where they met their end.  You can watch the commemoration on Youtube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a05QSzs_u60

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Princess Alexandra joined the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall for a Gala Performance of ‘Madame Butterfly’ by the English National Opera at the Coliseum Opera House in London #OnThisDay  in 2005, in memory of the Princess’ late husband, Sir Angus Ogilvy: https://royalwatcherblog.com/2022/12/16/royal-family-at-gala-performance-of-madame-butterfly-2005/

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It was an intervention by his mother that finally convinced Prince Charles it was time to take the biggest gamble of his life. In January 2005, he and Camilla Parker Bowles were due at the funeral of Sir Angus Ogilvy, husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent, The Sun reports. The Queen was concerned that pictures of her eldest son next to the woman Princess Diana called “The rottweiler” would be…

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1963 wedding of Sir Angus Ogilvy and HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent.

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Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Commodore Timothy Laurence, Sir Angus Ogilvy (wearing a Household Division regimental tie) and Princess Alexandra attend the annual Remembrance Sunday service at The Cenotaph on November 09, 2003 in London, England.

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Infanta Beatrice, Duchess of Galliera, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Sir Angus Ogilvy and Infante Alfonso, Duke of Galliera during a visit to Madrid Botanic Garden, 1960s.

Sorry for the blurry photo!

Source: Spanish Newspaper ABC.

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Did Anne and Tim attend Sir Angus Oglivy's funeral

Yes they did 🥲

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✵ April 24, 1963✵

Princess Alexandra of Kent & Sir Angus Ogilvy

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The Hon. Angus Ogilvy and Princess Alexandra on their honeymoon, 1963