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James Ogilvie-Grant, 11th Earl of Seafield, (18 April 1876 – 12 November 1915), styled Viscount Reidhaven in 1888, was a Scottish peer and soldier. He is numbered as the 30th Chief of

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Early life

Seafield was born on 18 April 1876 in

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, New Zealand. He was the eldest son of

Francis Ogilvie-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield Francis William Ogilvie-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield (9 March 1847 – 3 December 1888), styled Viscount Reidhaven from 1884 to 1888, was a Scottish peer who emigrated to New Zealand. Early life Seafield was born on 9 March 1847 in Kilmallock, C ...

and Anne Trevor Corry Evans, daughter of Major George Evans. He had six siblings, including his brother, Trevor Ogilvie-Grant. He started his education at Warwick House preparatory school in

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. He then attended Christ's College and Lincoln College. He succeeded to the earldom of Seafield and as 30th Chief of

on his father's death in 1888. He lived in

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for a time before his marriage in 1898.

Career

Seafield served as a Justice of the Peace for

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, and

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. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Elgin. Seafield served as a lieutenant in the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, New Zealand Forces. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, the

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, on 21 June 1902. He fought in

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as a captain in the 3rd Battalion,

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, and was then attached to the 5th Battalion. The Cameron Highlanders' regimental commander was Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel who described Seafield as "brave as a lion". In November 1915, he was supposed to be on leave from action, but his leave was cancelled and he died on 12 November 1915, aged 39, from wounds received in action.

Personal life

On 22 June 1898 at

, Seafield married Mary Elizabeth Nina Townend, daughter of Dr. Joseph Henry Townend (1847–1902), and heiress of Annie Quayle Townend. They had one daughter: * Lady Nina Caroline Ogilvie-Grant (1906–1969), who married Derek Herbert Studley-Herbert in 1930. Lord Seafield died on 12 November 1915, aged 39, from wounds received at Flanders in Belgium. He is buried at

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. 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 peerage titles could be passed on to female heirs and, along with the vast estates, were inherited by his daughter. He was the grandfather of

Ian Ogilvie-Grant, 13th Earl of Seafield Ian Derek Francis Ogilvie-Grant, 13th Earl of Seafield (born 20 March 1939) is a British peer and landowner. Background Ian Seafield was born in Chelsea on 20 March 1939. He is the son of Derek Herbert Studley-Herbert (1907–1960) and Ni ...

References

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