Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield

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The 6th Earl of Seafield.

Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield (6 March 1778 – 30 July 1853), known as Francis William Ogilvy-Grant until 1840, was a Scottish nobleman and Member of Parliament.

Seafield was the son of Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet, and Jane Duff. He achieved the rank of Colonel in the army. In 1802 he was elected to the House of Commons for Elgin Burghs, a seat he held until 1806, and then represented Inverness Burghs from 1806 to 1807, Elginshire from 1807 to 1832 and Elginshire and Nairnshire from 1832 to 1840. In 1840 he succeeded his elder brother as sixth Earl of Seafield, and sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1841 until his death in 1853. Apart from his political career he also served as Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire from 1809 to 1853.

Lord Seafield was married twice. He married firstly Mary Anne Dunn, daughter of John Dunn, in 1811. They had five children. After his first wife's death in 1840 he married secondly Louisa Emma, daughter of Robert George Maunsell, in 1843. He died in July 1853, aged 75, and was buried at the mausoleum at Duthil Old Parish Church and Churchyard, just outside the village of Duthil, Inverness-shire. He was succeeded in his titles by his son from his first marriage, John Charles Ogilvy-Grant.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Seafield

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Alexander Brodie	Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs 1802–1806	Succeeded by George Skene
Preceded by George Cumming	Member of Parliament for Inverness Burghs 1806–1807	Succeeded by Peter Baillie
Preceded by James Brodie	Member of Parliament for Elginshire 1807–1832	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Elginshire & Nairnshire 1832–1840	Succeeded by Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir James Grant	Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire 1809–1853	Succeeded by The Lord Lovat
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Lewis Alexander Grant-Ogilvy	Earl of Seafield 1840-1853	Succeeded by John Charles Ogilvy-Grant