{{Short description|British landscape designer and publisher (born 1964)}} {{Other people}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = James Ogilvy | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|02|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, England | education = {{unbulleted list|Heatherdown Preparatory School|Eton College}} | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|University of St Andrews (MA)|Cranfield University (MBA)}} | occupation = {{hlist|Landscape designer|magazine editor}} | spouse = {{marriage|Julia Rawlinson|30 July 1988}} | children = 2 | parents = {{unbulleted list|Princess Alexandra of Kent|Angus Ogilvy}} }}
'''James Robert Bruce Ogilvy''' (born 29 February 1964) is a British landscape designer, and the founder and editor of the magazine ''Luxury Briefing''. He is a member of the extended British royal family as the elder child and only son of Princess Alexandra of Kent and Sir Angus Ogilvy. Queen Elizabeth II was a first cousin of his mother, both of whom were granddaughters of King George V.<ref>{{cite news |first= Wolfgang|last= Saxon|title=Angus Ogilvy, 76, Banker With Ties to British Royalty, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/28/international/europe/28ogilvy.html |work=New York Times |date=28 December 2004 |access-date=11 March 2008 }}</ref><ref name=bbc/><ref name=royalist/> As a result, he is a second cousin of King Charles III and 59th in the line to the British throne.
==Early life and family== James Robert Bruce Ogilvy was born on Leap Year Day in 1964, making him a leapling. He was born in Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wakeford |first=Geoffrey |title=Thirty Years a Queen: A Study of H.M. Queen Elizabeth |date=1968 |isbn=978-0-7091-0125-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5k8wAAAAIAAJ }}</ref><ref name=telegraph/> 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 Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, with Queen Elizabeth II among his seven godparents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baptized |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,871108-1,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902080032/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,871108-1,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 September 2009 |publisher=Time |date=22 May 1964 |access-date=11 March 2008 }}</ref> At birth, he was 13th in line to the British throne.<ref name=bbc>{{cite news |title=Royal baby for leap year day |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/29/newsid_2758000/2758983.stm |publisher=BBC |year=1964 |access-date=8 March 2008 }}</ref> As of December 2025, he is 59th.
==Education and professional life== His education began in the "palace school" with his cousins Prince Edward, Lady Helen Windsor and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones.<ref name="royalweddingbook">{{cite book|last1=Donnelly|first1=Peter|title=Invitation to a Royal Wedding: Edward and Sophie, June 19, 1999|date=1999|publisher=Bramley Books|isbn=9781841002217|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/invitationtoroya0000donn}}</ref> Subsequently, Ogilvy attended Gibbs pre-prep and Heatherdown Preparatory School (with Prince Edward).<ref name="Seward">{{cite book|last1=Seward|first1=Ingrid|title=Prince Edward|date=1995|publisher=Century|location=London|isbn=9780712675567|page=32}}</ref><ref name="princeedwardbio">{{cite book|last1=James|first1=Paul|title=Prince Edward|date=1994|publisher=Ulverscroft Large Print Books|isbn=9780708987438|page=48}}</ref> 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.<ref name="pantonbook">{{cite book|last1=Panton|first1=James|title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy|url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio00pant|url-access=limited|date=2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810874978|page=[https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio00pant/page/n401 361]}}</ref> From St. Andrews, he earned a Scottish Master of Arts degree in History of art.<ref name="pantonbook" /> 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.<ref name="shark" />
He is the publisher and founder of ''Luxury Briefing'', a magazine launched in 1996,<ref name=royalist/><ref name=luxury>{{cite web |url=http://www.luxury-briefing.com/content/?page_id=124 |title=Luxury Briefing |access-date=8 March 2008|publisher=Luxury Briefing |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013002040/http://www.luxury-briefing.com/content/?page_id=124 |archive-date=13 October 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and has served on numerous boards of directors.
Ogilvy is also a professional photographer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ogilvy Photography |url=https://www.ogilvy-photography.com/about}}</ref> and landscape designer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ogilvy Landscape Design |url=https://www.ogilvylandscape.com/about}}</ref>
==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. They have two children:<ref name=royalist>{{cite news|first=Ana Maria |last=Ruhl |title=James Ogilvy: A Luxury In Briefing |url=http://www.theroyalist.net/content/view/1140/40/ |publisher=The Royalist |date=29 August 2006 |access-date=8 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080217061057/http://www.theroyalist.net/content/view/1140/40/ |archive-date=17 February 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp10281 |title=James Robert Bruce Ogilvy |access-date=11 March 2008 |publisher=National Portrait Gallery}}</ref> * Flora Alexandra Vesterberg (born 15 December 1994 in Edinburgh, Scotland) who studied History of Art at the University of Bristol and has a master's degree from the Courtauld Institute of Art: she runs a contemporary art agency.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arteviste |url=http://www.arteviste.com/}}</ref> She married Swedish financier Timothy Vesterberg at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, on 26 September 2020 and they renewed their vows the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a34238420/flora-alexandra-ogilvy-timothy-vesterberg-wedding-details-photos/|title=Queen Elizabeth's Cousin Flora Alexandra Ogilvy Marries in a Surprise Wedding at the Chapel Royal|magazine=Town & Country|first=Chloe|last=Foussianes|date=1 October 2020|access-date=2 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/royals/flora-ogilvy-marries-timothy-vesterberg-again-royal-guest-list/|title=Royal Wedding, Round 2: Regal Guests Fete Flora Ogilvy's Marriage (Again!) a Year After Intimate Ceremony|work=People|first=Stephanie|last=Petit|date=10 September 2021|accessdate=12 September 2021}}</ref> She was diagnosed with autism in 2025.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/flora-vesterberg-autism|title=Flora Vesterberg: Being Diagnosed With Autism At 30 Was Unexpectedly Empowering|magazine=British Vogue|first=Flora|last=Vesterberg|date=25 May 2025|access-date=7 September 2025}}</ref>She announced, via Instagram, that she was pregnant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/floravesterberg/p/DTs6AAJDDMW/?hl=en |access-date=2026-01-19 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> * Alexander Charles Ogilvy (born 12 November 1996 in Edinburgh, Scotland) who attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a27956823/alexander-ogilvy-royal-family-facts/|title=Queen Elizabeth's Distant Cousin is the Hottest Member of the Royal Family That You Haven't Heard Of...Yet|work=Town & Country|first=Caroline|last=Hallemann|date=23 June 2019|accessdate=3 September 2022}}</ref> He attended Sandhurst and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) in August 2025.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=64860|date=30 September 2025|page=18828|supp=y}}</ref>
He is also the godfather of Princess Eugenie, the younger daughter of his second cousin, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and Sarah Ferguson.
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.<ref name="shark">{{cite news|title=Princess's son bitten by shark|work=The Times|date=5 November 1997}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|title=James Ogilvy, Princess Alexandra's son, talks to Cassandra Jardine about his life as a junior royal. |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/10/26/tluxa26.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=26 October 1996 |access-date=8 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311100909/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=%2Farchive%2F1996%2F10%2F26%2Ftluxa26.html |archive-date=11 March 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=2d Child, a Daughter, Born To Princess Alexandra. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/08/01/archives/2d-child-a-daughter-born-to-princess-alexandra.html |work=New York Times |date=1 August 1966 |access-date=11 March 2008 }}</ref>
==Honours== * 45px 6 February 1977: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal * 45px 6 February 2002: Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal * 45px 6 February 2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal * 45px 6 February 2022: Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/julia-ogilvy-and-james-ogilvy-attend-the-committal-news-photo/1425391900 |title=The Committal Service For Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |last=Mumby |first=Max |date=19 September 2022|website=Getty Images |access-date=26 September 2022 }}</ref> *45px 6 May 2023: King Charles III Coronation Medal
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp10281 James Robert Bruce Ogilvy] in the National Portrait Gallery *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080313101057/http://www.luxury-briefing.com/content/index.php Luxury Briefing]
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