James Robert Bruce Ogilvy was born on 29 February 1964 and is a British landscape designer, and the founder and editor of the magazine Luxury Briefing.
12 Facts About James Ogilvy
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James Ogilvy 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.
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James Ogilvy was born in Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey.
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James Ogilvy 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.
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James Ogilvy was baptised by Arthur Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, with Queen Elizabeth II among his seven godparents.
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James Ogilvy's education began in the "palace school" with his cousins Prince Edward, Lady Helen Windsor and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones.
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Subsequently, James Ogilvy attended Gibbs pre-prep and Heatherdown Preparatory School.
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James Ogilvy then attended the full-time MBA course at Cranfield from 1990 to 1991, obtaining the MBA qualification.
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James Ogilvy worked for Barclays de Zoete Wedd and then a shipping agency in Edinburgh.
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James Ogilvy is the publisher and founder of Luxury Briefing, a magazine launched in 1996, and has served on numerous boards of directors.
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James Ogilvy 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.
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James Ogilvy is a godfather of Princess Eugenie, the younger daughter of his second cousin, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York.