1. Sir Frederick Wolff Ogilvie FRSE was a British broadcasting executive and university administrator, who was Director-General of the BBC from 19 July 1938 to 26 January 1942, and was succeeded by joint Directors-General Cecil Graves and Robert Foot.
Frederick Ogilvie served as Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast from 1934 to 1938.
Frederick Ogilvie was knighted by King George VI on 10 June 1942.
Frederick Ogilvie was educated at Packwood Haugh School and Clifton College, before beginning studying for a Literae humaniores degree at Balliol College, Oxford in 1911.
Frederick Ogilvie enrolled in the army two days after the announcement of war, joining as a second lieutenant in the 4th Bedfordshire Regiment.
Frederick Ogilvie returned to Balliol and completed a modified version of his degree.
Frederick Ogilvie later acted as an economic advisor to a group of Conservative MPs.
Frederick Ogilvie's proposers were Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Ralph Allan Sampson, Adam Mitchell Hunter and John Edwin MacKenzie.
Frederick Ogilvie was one of the first British economists to recognise the significance of tourism.
Frederick Ogilvie wrote on this subject in his book The Tourist Movement, outlining how more expenditure on tourism could bring about faster growth in that area.
Frederick Ogilvie contributed articles on economics and tourism to Chambers's Encyclopaedia.
Alongside his interest in tourism, Frederick Ogilvie had a concern for Scottish economic matters.
Frederick Ogilvie was a member of the chamber of commerce in Edinburgh, as well as other trade organisations from 1927, and in the 1930s was a government advisor on issues relating to youth unemployment and adult education.
Frederick Ogilvie became the second Director-General of the BBC in 1938, following John Reith, who had been instrumental in the early development of the corporation.
Frederick Ogilvie served in this position until early 1942, but made little impact at the BBC, although an exception was recruiting Lindley Fraser to head the BBC's German service, where Fraser developed a large German audience throughout the war.
Frederick Ogilvie resigned in 1942, and received a knighthood the same year.
Between 1943 and 1945, Frederick Ogilvie worked for the British Council.
Frederick Ogilvie made a much greater mark in this role than at the BBC, being able to draw on his experience and personal contacts to further the growth of the college.
Frederick Ogilvie continued in both of these roles until his death in 1949 in London.
Frederick Ogilvie had an interest in music from his childhood and became significantly involved in the Oxford Bach Choir, of which he spent some time as chairman of the committee.
Four years after his death, Lady Frederick Ogilvie became principal of St Anne's College, Oxford.