Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield
| The Earl of Seafield | |
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The 10th Earl of Seafield
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| Born |
9 March 1847 Ireland |
| Died | 3 December 1888 (aged 41) Oamaru, New Zealand |
| Cause of death | heart condition |
| Resting place | Oamaru Old Cemetery |
| Title | 10th Earl of Seafield |
| Tenure | 5 June – 3 December 1888 |
| Other titles | 2nd Baron Strathspey |
| Residence | Oamaru |
| Predecessor | James Ogilvy-Grant |
| Successor | James Ogilvie-Grant |
| Issue | James Ogilvie-Grant |
| Parents | James Ogilvy-Grant |
| Occupation | farmer |
Francis William Ogilvy-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield and 2nd Baron Strathspey (9 March 1847 – 3 December 1888), was a Scottish peer who lived most of his adult life in New Zealand. He was styled Viscount Reidhaven from 1884 to 1888.
Seafield was born in Ireland in 1847. He was the eldest son of James Ogilvy-Grant, 9th Earl of Seafield and Caroline Louisa Evans, the first of his father's three wives. His mother died on 6 February 1850. After his education, he served as a midshipman in the Royal Navy and then joined the merchant navy.
Seafield arrived in New Zealand in 1870. He bought a farm in the Waiareka Valley in a locality known as Te Aneraki to the west of Oamaru in North Otago. He lost his money through his farming pursuits, and from the late 1870s worked as a labourer in fencing or other available tasks. Some time after the marriage, the family moved to Oamaru.
He stood twice for election in the Oamaru electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The first time, he contested the 1884 election against the incumbent, Samuel Shrimski. When Shrimski was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1885, Seafield contested the resulting 1885 by-election, but lost against Thomas Hislop.
He married his first cousin (her father and his mother were brother and sister), Ann Trevor Corry Evans, on 24 November 1874, at The Bethel in Otago. She was the daughter of Major George Thomas Evans and Louisa Barbara Corry. They had seven children; four girls and three boys. Their youngest daughter, Nina Geraldine (1884–1951), married Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet in 1915.
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