SEAFIELD, FRANCIS WILLIAM OGILVY GRANT, 10th Earl of (1847-88), and 29th chief of Clan Grant, was born in Ireland. He became a midshipman in the Royal Navy, but retired and joined the merchant service. About 1870 he settled in New Zealand, taking up a farm at Waiareka, near Oamaru. He married (1874) Ann Trevor Corry, only daughter of Major George Evans. Having lost his money in the farm, Grant took employment as a labourer wherever he could obtain it and was so engaged until 1884, when he succeeded to the title of Lord Reidhaven. In that year he contested the Oamaru seat as a Liberal against Shrimski, and again in 1885 against T. W. Hislop. Succeeding his father in the earldom (1888), he interested himself thereafter in philanthropic movements. Seafield died on 3 Dec 1888, being succeeded by his son, the 11th earl (q.v.). His widow died in 1935.

Burke, Peerage; Otago Daily Times, 4 Dec 1888; North Otago Times, 22 Jul 1884, 19 May 1885, 4 Dec 1888.

Reference: Volume 2, page 142

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