Ian Ogilvie-Grant, 8th Earl of Seafield

Ian Charles Ogilvie-Grant, 8th Earl of Seafield (7 October 1851 – 31 March 1884), styled Viscount Reidhaven from 1853 until 1881, was a Scottish nobleman.

[3] On 8 December 1869, Lord Reidhaven was commissioned as a cornet and sub-lieutenant into the 1st Regiment of Life Guards; he was promoted lieutenant in October 1871 and retired from the army in 1877.

He knew we live in a progressive age, and that as the nation advances in intelligence, by means of education, certain reforms become necessary, and when the proper time arrives, ought to be carried out.

[8][9] Like his father, Lord Seafield was ordained as an elder of the Church of Scotland for the Parish of Inverallan and in the Presbytery of Abernethy.

'In Memoriam' covered this area of his life:[10] On many public occasions he avowed his adherence to the principle involved in a National recognition of Religion.

It was evidenced by his becoming one of her active Office-bearers, and, had his life been spared, he would during the past Session of the General Assembly, have taken his seat therein, as a member of that Venerable House.On 31 March 1884, Lord Seafield died in London following an operation for aneurysm.

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.