Airlie Castle (8)
James, 8th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, for his support of the royalist cause during the struggle between the court and the Scottish Presbyterians, was created by Charles I, Earl of Airlie by a patent dated at York 2 April 1639.  It was stark recompense for the losses he was to sustain in supporting the Royal cause over the years ahead.  

Earl James travelled to the royal court in London in April 1640, to avoid taking the covenant in Scotland, but in 1643, with the Civil War in full swing in England, he was back in Scotland when the 'Solemn League and Covenant' was drawn up.  This was in effect a treaty or alliance between Scotland and the Parliamentarians in England, against the king.  The following year Airlie and his three sons joined James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose in opposing the Covenanters and they were consequently forfeited by parliament on 11 February 1645, exempted from pardon in the treaty of Westminster, and excommunicated by the Church of Scotland on 27 July 1647.
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