Lieutenant ColonelJames Ogilvie-Grant, 9th Earl of Seafield (27 December 1817 – 5 June 1888),[1] known for most of his life as The Hon.James Ogilvie-Grant, was a Scottish peer and ConservativeMember of Parliament (MP).
Lord Seafield was married three times. He married firstly Caroline Evans (1820– 1850), daughter of Eyre Evans, of Kilmallock, Limerick. He married secondly Constance Helena Abercromby (1829–1873), daughter of Sir Robert Abercromby, 5th Baronet, in 1853. She died in 1872 and Seafield married thirdly Georgina Adelaide, daughter of General Frederick Nathaniel Walker. Lord Seafield died in June 1888, aged 70, and was succeeded by his eldest son from his first marriage, Francis William Ogilvie-Grant.
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^ abCraig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 584. ISBN0-900178-26-4.
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Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Seafield
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