Marion Ogilvy

Who is Marion Ogilvy?

Marion Ogilvy was the wife or mistress of Cardinal Beaton an advisor of James V of Scotland.

Marion was a younger daughter of Sir James Ogilvy of Lintrathen. Sir James, a diplomat, was created Lord Ogilvy of Airlie by James IV of Scotland in 1491. Her mother was Janet Lyle, who was her father's 4th wife, and possibly a daughter of Robert, 2nd Lord Lyle, of Renfrewshire, another of the King's diplomats. As a child she lived at Airlie Castle and her family's lodging in Arbroath. She had an older full sister, Janet Ogilvy, and a much older half-brother, John Ogilvy, who became the 2nd Lord Ogilvy.

At her father's death the marriages of Janet and Marion were in the hands of Sir Alexander Gordon of Midmar. Marion seem to have remained unmarried and was her mother's executor.