Trevor Ogilvie-Grant, 4th Baron Strathspey (2 March 1879 – 11 November 1948) was a British peer concerned with colonial affairs in the

House of Lords The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. One of the oldest ext ...

. He is numbered as the 31st Chief of

Clan Grant Clan Grant is a Highland Scottish clan, with one main branch, Grant of Grant, and several cadet branches, such as Grant of Glenmoriston. History Origins The Chiefs of Clan Grant descended from Normans who arrived in Scotland during the medie ...

Early life

Strathspey was born on 2 March 1879 in

Oamaru Oamaru (; ) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is south of Timaru and north of Dunedin on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast; State Highway 1 (New Zealand), Sta ...

North Otago North Otago is an area in New Zealand that covers the area of the Otago region between Shag Point and the Waitaki River, and extends inland to the west as far as the village of Omarama (which has experienced rapid growth as a developing centre f ...

, New Zealand. He was the second son of Francis Ogilvie-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield and Anne Trevor Corry Evans, daughter of Major George Evans, 47th Regiment, a scion of the Barons Carbery. He had six siblings, including his elder brother,

James Ogilvie-Grant, 11th Earl of Seafield Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Captain 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 Clan Gra ...

. He was educated at Warwick House preparatory school in

Christchurch Christchurch (; ) is the largest city in the South Island and the List of cities in New Zealand, second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of , and a metropolitan population of over hal ...

(where his elder brother James had also attended), Waitaki Boys' High School and St John's College. For many years, he was the President of the English branch of the Waitaki Old Boys' Association.

Career

Ogilvie-Grant was employed by the New Zealand Civil Service. He was also worked as a

postmaster A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), ...

. Upon the death of his elder brother,

, in 1915, he succeeded to the barony of Strathspey in the

Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great B ...

and emigrated to Britain and took his seat in the

. He also succeeded in the baronetcy of Colquhoun. The earldom of Seafield, however, was inherited by his brother's only child, Lady Nina Ogilvie-Grant, who became the 12th Countess of Seafield.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington is the List of municipalities in Delaware, most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish colonization of the Americas, Swedish settlement in North America. It lie ...

Burke's Peerage Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher, considered an authority on the order of precedence of noble families and information on the lesser nobility of the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1826, when the Anglo-Irish genea ...

(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3552.

Personal life

He married Alice Louisa Hardy-Johnston, daughter of Thomas Masterman Hardy-Johnston of

, on 19 December 1905 in

Tauranga Tauranga (, Māori language for "resting place," or "safe anchorage") is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty Region and the List of cities in New Zealand, fifth-most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of or roughly 3% of t ...

. After his father's death, his mother and her family had lived in Tauranga for some time. Strathspey and his wife made

Wellington Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...

their home after the wedding. Before her death on 18 November 1945, they had two children in New Zealand: * Hon. Lena Barbara Joan Ogilvie-Grant (1907–1981), who married Herbert Frank Onslow, son of Rev. Matthew Richard Septimus Onslow (a scion of the

Onslow baronets There have been two baronetcies created for the Onslow family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Both titles are extant. The Onslow baronetcy, of West Clandon in the County of Surrey, was created in the ...

), in 1934. * (Donald) Patrick Trevor Grant, 5th Baron Strathspey (1912–1992), who married Alice Bowe, daughter of Francis Bowe, in 1938. They divorced in 1951 and he married Olive Amy Grant, daughter of Wallace Henry Grant, in 1951. His second marriage was in March 1947 to Elfrida Minnie Fass, daughter of Gordon Cloete of

Cape Town Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...

in South Africa, and widow of Colonel Capron, York and Lancaster Regiment. Lord Strathspey died at

Brighton Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, R ...

on 11 November 1948. His second wife died on 19 July 1949.

References

External links

Trevor Ogilvie-Grant of Grant, 4th Baron Strathspey (1879-1948), 31st Chief of Grant
at the

National Portrait Gallery, London The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world th ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strathspey, Trevor Ogilvie-Grant 1879 births 1948 deaths People educated at Waitaki Boys' High School Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Trevor Trevor ( Trefor in the Welsh language) is a common given name or surname of Welsh origin. It is an habitational name, deriving from the Welsh ''tre(f)'', meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and ''fawr'', meaning "large, big". The Cornish langu ...

People educated at St John's College, Auckland Younger sons of earls