James Ogilvy

In 1997, while on holiday in Florida with his wife and children, he swam out into the ocean and was bitten by a shark. Shark attacks in Florida had reached a record 29 in 1995, but had fallen to 13 in 1996. In 1997, there had “only” been five attacks in the world, two of which occurred in the state of Florida, according to a marine expert at the University of Florida, quoted in The Times which reported the attack on Ogilvy. Ogilvy had several leg wounds and required 30 stitches.

He is the publisher and founder of Luxury Briefing, a magazine launched in 1996, and has served on numerous boards of directors.

His education began in the “palace school” with his cousins Prince Edward and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones. Subsequently, Ogilvy attended Gibbs pre-prep and Heatherdown Preparatory School (with Prince Edward). After that, Ogilvy and Prince Edward went separate ways, the prince to Gordonstoun and Cambridge, and Ogilvy to Eton College and the University of St Andrews. From St. Andrews, he earned a Scottish Master of Arts degree in History of art. He then attended the full-time MBA course at Cranfield from 1990 to 1991, obtaining the MBA qualification.

He married Julia Caroline Rawlinson on 30 July 1988 at St Mary’s Church in Saffron Walden, Essex. The couple have two children:

James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (born 29 February 1964) is a British landscape designer, and the founder and editor of Luxury Briefing. He is the elder child and only son of Sir Angus Ogilvy and Princess Alexandra of Kent.

Ogilvy was born in Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey and was the first of four children born to royalty in 1964. Ogilvy was baptised by Arthur Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, with Queen Elizabeth II among his seven godparents. When he was born, he was 13th in the line of succession to the British throne. As of January 2020, he is 54th.