Tour Scotland Travel Video Spring Drive To Driveway Of The Parish Church In Cortachy Angus

Tour Scotland travel video of a cloudy Spring road trip drive on the B955 road to the entrance driveway of the Parish Church in Cortachy, Angus, Scotland. The church was built in 1828 by David Paterson on the site of an older, medieval church. It stands on a small rise on the side of a steep river valley. It is surrounded by a small, curved graveyard. The Gothic church was built with red ashlar sandstone and encorporates a 17th century burial aisle, which was rebuilt in 1828. Cortachy is the ancestral home of the Clan Ogilvy and the Earls of Airlie. Earl of Airlie is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created on 2 April 1639 for James Ogilvy, 7th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, along with the title Lord Ogilvy of Alith and Lintrathen. The title Lord Ogilvy of Airlie had been created on 28 April 1491. In the 14th and 15th centuries the Ogilvys became hereditary sheriffs of Angus. A son of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchterhouse was killed in a clan battle with the Clan Robertson in 1394 and Ogilvys also fought at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411. Sir Patrick Ogilvy commanded the Scottish forces that fought alongside Joan of Arc against the English, and he was styled Viscomte d'Angus. In 1425 Sir Walter Ogilvy, younger son of Ogilvy of Wester Powrie, was appointed High Treasurer of Scotland. The Clan Ogilvy, supported by men from the Clan Oliphant, Clan Seton, Clan Gordon and the Clan Forbes fought at the Battle of Arbroath on 24 January 1445 against the Master of Crawford and his Clan Lindsay. James Ogilvy, the eldest son of the fourth Lord was killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547. In 1615 Saint John Ogilvie was hanged at Glasgow Cross. In 1639 the seventh Lord Ogilvy was created Earl of Airlie. The Clan Ogilvy supported the Stuart cause and joined the Earl of Mar in the Jacobite rising of 1715. David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie is the present chief of the Ogilvie clan and served as Lord Chamberlain to the Queen. Royal links were also reinforced when Angus Ogilvy, the brother of the chief, married HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent. There are many people of the Ogilvy or Ogilvie family living in various places all over the world, such as Australia, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United States, Canada, New Zealand, Argentina, Mexico and Cyprus.

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