James Ogilvie-Grant, 11th Earl of Seafield, DL (18 April 1876 – 12 November 1915), briefly known as Viscount Reidhaven in 1888, was a Scottish nobleman. Seafield was born in 1876 in

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, New Zealand. He was the eldest child of

Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield, 2nd Baron Strathspey (9 March 1847 – 3 December 1888), styled as Viscount Reidhaven from 1884 to 1888, was a New Zealand farmer, labourer, and ephemeral Scottish peer. Early life Francis Wil ...

, and Ann Nina, daughter of Major George Thomas Evans, of

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and of Clooneavin, New Zealand. He had six siblings; four sisters and two brothers. His youngest brother was Trevor Ogilvie-Grant (1879–1948). His youngest sister, Nina Geraldine (1884–1951), married

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in 1915. He started his education at Warwick House preparatory school in

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(which his younger brother

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also attended). He then attended Christ's College and Lincoln College. He succeeded in the earldom and other titles and as 30th Chief of

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on his father's death in 1888. Lord Seafield lived in

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before his marriage to Mary Elizabeth Nina Townend, the eldest daughter of Dr Joseph Henry Townend, of

, New Zealand, in 1898. They had one daughter. Lord Seafield served as a

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for

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, and

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. He was commissioned a

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in the 3rd (

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) Battalion, the

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, on 21 June 1902. He fought in World War I as a captain in the 3rd

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, and was attached to the 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Elgin. He was supposed to be on leave from action in World War I, but his leave got cancelled and he died on 12 November 1915, aged 39, from wounds received at

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in Belgium. He is buried at

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. Lord Seafield was succeeded in the barony of Strathspey, the baronetcy of Colquhoun and as Chief of Clan Grant by his younger brother Hon. Trevor Ogilvie-Grant. The earldom and the other subsidiary Scottish peerages could be passed on to female heirs, and were inherited by his daughter Nina Caroline Studley-Herbert.

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Earls of Seafield Deputy Lieutenants of Elginshire Deputy Lieutenants of Banffshire British military personnel killed in World War I People educated at Christ's College, Christchurch Lincoln University (New Zealand) alumni Grant, James Ogilvie-Grant, 10th Lord People from Oamaru British Army personnel of World War I Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment officers Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders officers Burials at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery