Chiefs of Clan Grant
The following is a list of the Chiefs of Clan Grant. The chiefs were seated at Castle Grant and titled Baronet Grant of Grant and Baron Strathspey. Between 1811 and 1915, they also held the title Earl of Seafield. The chiefly family, formerly surnamed Ogilvie-Grant, has historically been connected with the Colquhoun and Ogilvie clans.
| No. | Name | Died | Details |
| X | Sir John Roy Grant | 1434 | Son of IX. Married Matilda de Glencarnie. Sheriff of Inverness. |
| XI | Sir Duncan Grant, 1st of Freuchie | 1495 | Son of X. Married Muriel Mackintosh, daughter of Malcolm Mackintosh of Mackintosh. |
| XIII | John Grant, 2nd of Freuchie | 1528 | Son of XII. Married Margaret Ogilvie, daughter of Sir James Ogilvie of Deskford. |
| XIV | James Grant, 3rd of Freuchie | 1553 | Son of XIII. Married Elizabeth Forbes, daughter of the 6th Lord Forbes. |
| XV | John Grant, 4th of Freuchie | 1585 | Son of XV. Married Lady Margaret Stewart, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Atholl. |
| XVI | John Grant, 5th of Freuchie | 1622 | Grandson of XV. Married Lady Lilias Murray, daughter of the 1st Earl of Tullibardine. |
| XVII | Sir John Grant, 6th of Freuchie | 1637 | Son of XVI. Married Mary Ogilvie, daughter of the 1st Lord Ogilvie of Deskford. |
| XVIII | James Grant, 7th of Freuchie | 1663 | Son of XVII. Married Lady Mary Stuart, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Moray. |
| XIX | Ludovic Grant of Grant | 1717 | Son of XVIII. Married Janet Brodie, daughter of Alexander Brodie of Lethuen. Known as the “Highland King”. |
| XX | Gen. Alexander Grant of Grant | 1719 | Son of XIX. Died without issue. |
| XXI | Sir James Grant of Grant, 6th Baronet | 1747 | Son of XIX. Married Anne Colquhoun, daughter of Sir Humphrey Colquhoun, 5th Baronet. |
| XXII | Sir Ludovic Grant of Grant, 7th Baronet | 1773 | Son of XXI. Married Lady Margaret Ogilvie, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Seafield. |
| XXIII | Sir James Grant of Grant, 8th Baronet | 1810 | Son of XXII. Married Jean Duff, granddaughter of the 1st Earl Fife. Known as the “Good Sir James”, he founded Grantown-on-Spey. |
| XXIV | Lewis Alexander Ogilvie-Grant, 5th Earl of Seafield | 1840 | Son of XXIII. Died unmarried. |
| XXV | Col. Francis William Ogilvie-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield | 1853 | Son of XXIII. Married, firstly, Mary Anne Dunn, daughter of John Dunn; secondly, Louisa Maunsell, of Limerick. |
| XXVI | John Charles Ogilvie-Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield KT | 1881 | Son of XXV. Married Hon. Caroline Stuart, daughter of the 11th Lord Blantyre. |
| XXVII | Ian Charles Ogilvie-Grant, 8th Earl of Seafield | 1884 | Son of XXVI. Died unmarried. |
| XXVIII | Lt.-Col. James Ogilvie-Grant, 9th Earl of Seafield | 1888 | Son of XXV. Married, firstly, Caroline Evans, daughter of Eyre Evans, MP of Limerick; secondly, Constance Abercromby, daughter of Sir Robert Abercromby, 5th Baronet; and, thirdly, Georgina Forestier-Walker, sister of Gen. Edward Forestier-Walker. |
| XXIX | Francis William Ogilvie-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield | 1888 | Son of XXVIII. Married his cousin Anne Evans, daughter of Maj. George Evans, of Oamaru, New Zealand. |
| XXX | Capt. James Ogilvie-Grant, 11th Earl of Seafield | 1915 | Son of XXIX. Married Nina Townend, daughter of Dr. Joseph Townend, of Christchurch, New Zealand. He was killed during World War I serving with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. His daughter Nina inherited the Seafield title and estate. |
| XXXI | Trevor Ogilvie-Grant, 4th Baron Strathspey | 1948 | Son of XXIX. Married Alice Hardy-Johnston, daughter of Thomas Hardy-Johnston, of Christchurch, New Zealand. |
| XXXII | Patrick Trevor Grant of Grant, 5th Baron Strathspey | 1992 | Son of XXXI. |
| XXXIII | James Patrick Trevor Grant of Grant, 6th Baron Strathspey | 2023[1] | Son of XXXII. |
| XXXIV | Michael Francis Trevor Grant of Grant, 7th Baron Strathspey[1] | Son of XXXII. Current clan chief. Heir presumptive is his cousin, The Rt.-Hon. Earl of Seafield (assuming there is no contest and Seafield adopts the style Grant of Grant). |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bruce, Lindsay (8 June 2023). "Lord Strathspey, Sir James Grant of Duthil, dies age 79". Press and Journal.
- Lord Strathspey (1983). A History of Clan Grant. Phillimore. ISBN 978-0-85033-442-5.
- Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3