Captain

James Ogilvie-Grant

Conflict: 
WW1
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

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 Oamaru, New Zealand. He was the eldest child of Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield, and Ann Nina, daughter of Major George Thomas Evans, of County Limerick 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 Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet in 1915. He started his education at Warwick House preparatory school in Christchurch (which his younger brother Trevor also attended).He then attended Christ's College and Lincoln College. He succeeded in the earldom and other titles and as 30th Chief of Clan Grant on his father's death in 1888. Lord Seafield lived in Auckland before his marriage to Mary Elizabeth Nina Townend, the eldest daughter of Dr Joseph Henry Townend, of Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1898. They had one daughter. Lord Seafield served as a Justice of the Peace for Banffshire, Morayshire, and Inverness-shire. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, the Bedfordshire Regiment, on 21 June 1902. He fought in World War I 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. 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 Flanders in Belgium.  He is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.  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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Casualty

Name:
James Ogilvie-Grant
Name variation:
11th Earl of Seafield
Rank: 
Captain
Date of Birth:
18 April 1876
Place of Birth:
Omaru, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mary Elizabeth Nina, Countess of Seafield
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Nationality of Force:
United Kingdom
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
Cameron Highlanders, 3rd attached 5th

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of Wounds
Date of Death:
12 November 1915
Day of Death:
Friday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
11.A.4
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
James Ogilvie-Grant
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