Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield

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 Burial Ground, 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.

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    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Alexander Brodie
    Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs
    18021806
    Succeeded by
    George Skene
    Preceded by
    George Cumming
    Member of Parliament for Inverness Burghs
    18061807
    Succeeded by
    Peter Baillie
    Preceded by
    James Brodie
    Member of Parliament for Elginshire
    18071832
    Constituency abolished
    New constituency Member of Parliament for Elginshire & Nairnshire
    18321840
    Succeeded by
    Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce
    Honorary titles
    Preceded by
    Sir James Grant
    Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire
    18091853
    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