Chiefs of Clan Grant

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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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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).

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References

1 2 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

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[:0-1] 1 2 Bruce, Lindsay (8 June 2023). "Lord Strathspey, Sir James Grant of Duthil, dies age 79". Press and Journal.

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