James Ogilvie-Grant, 11th Earl of Seafield

Who was James Ogilvie-Grant, 11th Earl of Seafield?

James Ogilvie-Grant, 11th Earl of Seafield DL, briefly known as Viscount Reidhaven in 1888, was a Scottish nobleman.

Seafield was the eldest son of Francis William Ogilvie-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield, and Ann Nina, daughter of Major George Thomas Evans, of County Limerick and of Clooneavin, New Zealand. He succeeded in the earldom and other titles and as 30th Chief of Clan Grant on his father's death in 1888. He served as a Justice of the Peace for Banffshire, Morayshire, and Inverness-shire and fought in the First World War as a Captain in the 3rd Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, and was attached to the 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Elgin

Lord Seafield married Mary Elizabeth Nina Townend, daughter of Joseph Henry Townend, of Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1898. They had one daughter. He died of wounds received in action in 1915, aged 39. 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.