Ochterlony baronets

The Ochterlony Baronetcy, of Pitforthy or Pitforthie in the County of Angus, and the Ochterlony Baronetcy, of Ochterlony in the County of Forfar, were two titles in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, both created for Major-General Sir David Ochterlony.

The Ochterlony Baronetcy of Pitforthy was created on 7 March 1816, with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body.

Ochterlony never married (although he had six natural children by at least two of his thirteen concubines), and on his death in 1825 the 1816 creation became extinct.

He was succeeded in the 1823 creation according to the special remainder by his natural grandson Charles Metcalfe Ochterlony (1817–1891), the son of his only son Roderick Peregrine Ochterlony, of Delhi (1785 – died by 1823) by his wife Sarah Nelly, the daughter of Lt. Col. John Nelly of the Bengal Engineers, at Allahabad, India.

[1] This creation became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1964.

The grave of Charles Metcalfe Ochterlony, 2nd baronet, East Cemetery, St Andrews
The grave of David Ferguson Ochterlony, 3rd Baronet, Currie Cemetery -prior to vandalism of 2020
The grave of Sir Matthew Ochterlony, 4th Baronet, Colinton Churchyard