James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater
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James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater and 1st Earl of Seafield (1664-1730) was a Scottish politician.
He was Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1702 to 1704 and from 1705 to 1708. He was elected to the Faculty of Advocates in 1685, and was a Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for Banffshire from 1681 to 1682 and from 1689 to 1695. He was Solicitor General for Scotland from 1693 and Secretary of State from 1696 to 1702 and joint secretary from 1704 to 1705.
He was created Viscount Seafield in 1698 and Earl of Seafield in 1701. He was a Commissioner for the Union from 1702 and an active promoter of the Union from 1706. By 1713 his views on Union had changed and he moved for its repeal. He was appointed Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland from 1713 to 1714.
He was a Scottish Representative peer from 1707 and a Privy Councillor of Great Britain from 1707. He was appointed Lord Chief Baron in the Court of Exchequer in 1707.
He succeeded as Earl of Findlater in 1711.
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Earl of Seafield | Succeeded by: James Ogilvy |
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Earl of Findlater |
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