Summary
Trevor Ogilvie-Grant, 4th Baron Strathspey (2 March 1879 – 11 November 1948) was a New Zealand-born Scottish peer, who upon becoming Lord Strathspey in 1915 emigrated to Britain and took his seat in the House of Lords.
The Lord Strathspey | |
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| Tenure | 12 November 1915 – 11 November 1948 |
| Predecessor | James Ogilvy-Grant |
| Successor | Patrick Grant |
| Born | 2 March 1879 Oamaru, New Zealand |
| Died | 11 November 1948 (aged 69) Brighton, Sussex, England |
| Spouse(s) |
Alice Hardy-Johnston
(m. 1905; died 1945)Elfrida Minnie Fass
(m. 1947; died 1948) |
| Issue | Hon. Lena Onslow Patrick Grant, 5th Baron Strathspey |
| Parents | Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield Ann Evans |
Early life edit
Strathspey was born on 2 March 1879 in Oamaru, North Otago. He was the second son of Francis Ogilvie-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield and Ann Trevor Corry Evans.[1][2]
He was educated at Warwick House preparatory school in Christchurch (where his elder brother James had also attended),[3] Waitaki Boys' High School and St John's College.[1][4] For many years, he was the President of the English branch of the Waitaki Old Boys' Association.[1]
Career edit
Ogilvie-Grant was employed by the New Zealand Civil Service.[5]
Upon the death of his elder brother, James Ogilvie-Grant, 11th Earl of Seafield, in 1915, he succeeded to the barony of Strathspey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and emigrated to Britain and took his seat in the House of Lords. The earldom of Seafield, however, was inherited by his brother's only child, Nina Ogilvie-Grant, who became the 12th Countess of Seafield.[6]
Personal life edit
He married Alice Louisa Hardy-Johnston, daughter of Thomas Masterman Hardy-Johnston of Christchurch, on 19 December 1905 in Tauranga.[7] After his father's death, his mother and her family had lived in Tauranga for some time.[7] Strathspey and his wife made Wellington their home after the wedding.[7] Before her death on 18 November 1945, they had two children in New Zealand:
- Hon. Lena Barbara Joan Ogilvie-Grant (1907–1981), who married Herbert Frank Onslow, son of Rev. Matthew Richard Septimus Onslow, in 1934.
- (Donald) Patrick Trevor Grant, 5th Baron Strathspey (1912–1992), who married Alice Bowe, daughter of Francis Bowe, in 1938. They divorced in 1951 and he married Olive Amy Grant, daughter of Wallace Henry Grant, in 1951.
His second marriage was in March 1947 to Elfrida Minnie Fass, daughter of Gordon Cloete of Cape Town in South Africa, and widow of Colonel Capron, York and Lancaster Regiment.
Lord Strathspey died at Brighton on 11 November 1948.[8] His second wife died on 19 July 1949.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Death of Countess". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXII, no. 22246. 22 October 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1884. p. 609. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Windsor Hotel". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "An Open Secret". Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. XLVII, no. 15266. 14 July 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ Oliver and Boyd's New Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository. 1920. p. 601. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3552.
- ^ a b c "The Bay of Plenty Times and Thames Valley Warden". Bay of Plenty Times. Vol. XXXI, no. 4850. 15 January 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "LORD STRATHSPEY". The New York Times. 14 November 1948. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
External links edit
- Trevor Ogilvie-Grant of Grant, 4th Baron Strathspey (1879-1948), 31st Chief of Grant at the National Portrait Gallery, London