John Ogilvie-Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield

John Charles Ogilvie-Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield, KT (4 September 1815 – 18 February 1881), styled Viscount Reidhaven from 1840 to 1853, was a Scottish nobleman.

Fraser recorded that:[9]When Lord Seafield was not in London attending Parliament, he resided at one or other of the three mansions which he maintained on his extensive estates.

Castle Grant was his residence in Strathspey, and Balmacaan is the family residence in Glen Urquhart.Perhaps because of differences of political views or from disputes about family and estate finances, Lord Seafield followed the then legal forms needed to disentail his estates, so that the property might be inherited not necessarily by the nearest male heir but as laid down in a last will and testament.

[15] Patron of the Strathspey Farmers Society, Lord Seafield exhibited cattle at the annual Show at Grantown but, it was said, not for prizes, as the tenantry complained that otherwise it was of no use competing.

Together with sponsorship of better communications via the developing railway system and the leasing of house sites in small villages, the scheme resulted in estate income being substantially increased.

[19] Sir William Fraser also stated, in 1884, that:[20]Lord Seafield, like his father, took a warm interest in the prosperity and happiness of his tenantry ...

The Seafield Estates during the 7th Earl's time therefore continued the tradition of not enforcing any major programme of clearance or eviction from their lands, though this was disputed by the Church of Scotland minister of Duthil, the Rev.

His funeral, culminating at the Seafield Mausoleum in Duthil Churchyard, was accompanied by pipers:[6] a sorrowing clan mourning for their lost chief.

[30] The more impartial Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, however, wrote that Lord Seafield's widow, the Countess Dowager was The last of the great feudal chiefs.