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SEAFIELD. 95 ptem>ic [SJ as above, 30 Julv 1853. Rep. Peer [S.], 1853-59. He was tr. a Peer of the United Kingdom, 14 Aug. 18S8, as BARON STRATHSPEY of Strathspey,(») in the counties of Inverness awl Moray. K.T. He nt„ 12 Aug. 1850, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Caroline, 5th ami yst. <la. of Walter (Stuart), 11th Lord Blantyhe [S.1, by Fanny Mary, da. of the Hon. John Rodney. He d. of bronchitis, at Oullen House afsd.. 18 Feb. 1881. and was bur. the 26th at Dutbill, aged 05. ILL at Culleu.( b ) His widow, who was b. 30 Juue 1830, living 1895.0=) VIIT. 1881. S. Ian Charles (Ogilvy-Grant), Karl of Seafield, Slc. [S.]. also Bakon StraTHSPBY, only s. and li., b, 7 Oct- 1851 j ed. at Eton; styled Viscount Ukiohaven, 1853-81 ; ed. at Eton; sometime (1869-77) an ntlieer in the 1st Life Guards ; to the peerage. 18 Feb. 1S81. He d. unm. 31 March 1884, aged 32, at Ctaridge'a hotel, London,;' 1 ) when the Barony of Strath - tpey became extinct, but the Scottish titles!') devolved as below. IX. 1884. .9. Jambs (Ogilvy-G rant), Earl of Sea field, &c. [S.], uncle and h.. being 1th s. of the 6th Karl. He was b. 27 Dec. 1817; ed. at Harrow; sometime Gapt. -12.1 Foot; M.P. for Elgin and Nairn, 1S0S-74 : Lie nt. Col. Elginshire Volunteers; sue. to the pierage [S.j (but not to the estates) 31 March 18^1, and was. a few months later, cr. 17 Juue 1884, a Peer nfthe United Kingdoin( r ) as BARON STRATHSPEY, of Strathspey, in the counties itf Inverness and Moray. He >n. firstly, 6 April 1841, Caroline Louisa, 2d da. of Kyre Evans, of Ashill Towers, co. Limerick, by Anna, da. of Robert M aunsell, a Member of the Council at Madras. She d. t! Feb. 1S50. He Hi, secondly, 13 April 1853, at St. Geo. Han. sq , Constance Helena, 4th da. of Sir Robert Arbr- cromby, 5th Hart. [S.]. of Birkenboy, by Elizabeth Stephenson, only child of Samuel DOOOLAS. She (/. 12 Feb. 1872, at Inverene, near Forres. He m. thirdly, 15 Dec. 1875, at St. Peter's, Onslow Gardens Georgiana Adelaide, widow of William STOART, of Aldenhain Abbey. Herts, da. of Piederick Nathaniel Walker, General, Royal Artillery, and K.C.H , of Itiishey Manor House, Herts, by Atmabelle. da. of Edward Cane, of DonnybrcHik. Heel. 5 Juue 1888, and was o ur. from Castle Grant, in the mausoleum at Duthill afsd. Personalty under £1,800. His widow living 1S95.C 1 ) X. ISS8, JO. Fuancis William (Ogilvy-Orant), Karl of Sea- Jiine. KiEi.n, kc. [SJ, also lVutci.N Strathspey, 1st s. and h. by first wife, 6, 9, March 1847 i ed. at Harrow; sti/led Viscoi'NT liKIPHAVEN from 1884 till he sue. to the peerage, as above, 5 June 1SS8. He m. 24 Dec. 1874, Anne Trevor Corry, da. of George-Thomas EvANS, Major 17th Foot, of Otago, in New Zealand, by Louisa Barbara, da. of Trevor CORRT, of Newry. He d. suddenly of heart disease, at his residence in Oamaru, New Zealand, 3 Dee. 1S88, and was bur. there on the 6th. His widow, who was b. 24 July 1S47, living 1S95.( U ) (2) Francis William Grant, b. 5 Oct. 1811, was M.P. for Inverness-shire, 1S38-40 and d. unm. and v. p. 11 Match 1840. (") See Vol. iii, p. 267, note a," sub " Euniskilleu," as to the titles [U.K.] selected hy Scotch and Irish Peers. () In this inscription the name is given as " Ogilvy-Grant," tho' the peerages generally have it as " Grant Ogilvie." It commences " Sir John Charles Ogilvy-Grant, Chief of the clan Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield," kc. ( c ) She is one of the three Dow. Countesses of Seafield now [1895] living. C) He devised his estates, worth £80,000 a year, but charged with about £800,000 to his mother absolutely. (°) See p. 93, note " f," ad finem. (') Having, apparently) no lauded property in the United Kingdom (see note " d " above), the reason for this hurried creation is not clear.