Caroline Stuart, Countess of Seafield

She was suo jure proprietor of the Seafield estates following the death of her son in 1884, and thus was de facto Chieftainess of Clan Grant.

On 12 August 1850, aged 20, Caroline married John Charles Ogilvy-Grant, Viscount Reidhaven, Master of Grant, who was heir to the Seafield estates.

[6]In the section 'Public and Social Work' in the tribute volume published after her death, the editors highlighted Lady Seafield's support for her husband's management of his estates.

The Earl and Countess usually spent a portion of every spring in London, while the rest of the year was passed between Cullen House, Castle Grant, and Balmacaan in Glen Urquhart.

They had a special affection for Balmacaan, the place where they had spent the early years of their married life, and every return brought them renewed pleasure.

At each of their residences, they entertained select parties of guests, and nowhere did the Countess of Seafield more winningly display her gracious gifts of manner than as the bright, polished, and vivacious hostess of guests under the roof-tree of the Chieftain of the Clan Grant.As Lord Seafield was unmarried and had no children, by a will made c. 1882 Ian left his mother as the heir to his estates.

The hospital was and is fitted with all necessary conveniences and comforts for the treatment and care of the sick, and has been of untold benefit to the Speyside district of the Seafield estates.

A plaque bolted across its door reads: "In terms of the Testamentary Writings of Caroline Stuart, Countess Dowager of Seafield, this Mausoleum has been closed and is not to be used for further interments.

"[16] The Tribute volume of 1911 contained an account of proceedings at the Mausoleum at the end of her funeral:[17]The procession moved slowly into the churchyard, and when the dirge of the pipes had died away, there was heard the voice of the noble clergyman reciting the solemn committal service – “I am the Resurrection and the Life.” The pallbearers followed the coffin into the darkened interior, from which the voice of the officiating clergyman came to the throng outside.

That of the Countess, now rejoining in the silence of the tomb those whose early deaths threw a shadow over the greater portion of her life, was placed temporarily at right angles to the others.

After the chief mourners had left the mausoleum, after the office for the death had been fully recited, when all had been done for the honoured dead that devoted mourners could do, an opportunity was given to the company of filing past the coffin and of seeing where three members of the great family are sleeping their last long sleep.Lady Seafield has the credit of being one of the most exemplary, the most liberal, the most charitable and generous, both as an individual and as a proprietrix north side of the Grampians, if not in a wider circle.

(And yet) By the vast majority of tenants she was loved with much the same veneration and pride that the British public lavished on Queen Victoria.