James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater

James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater and 1st Earl of Seafield, KT, PC (11 July 1664 – 19 August 1730) was a Scottish politician, prominent during the reign of Queen Anne. He was created Earl of Seafield in 1701 and was an active supporter of the 1707 Act of Union although by 1714 his opinion of the Union had changed and he proposed the first Self Government for Scotland Bill to end the Union.

Quotes

• Now there’s ane end of ane old song.
  • To the Scottish Parliament, after signing the engrossed exemplification of the Act of Union (May 1707), the end of Scottish sovereignty. Cited in The Lockhart Papers (1817), vol. 1, p. 223

External links

• Encyclopedic article on James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater on Wikipedia