Lewis Alexander Ogilvy-Grant, 5th Earl of Seafield

Biographical Summary

"Sir Lewis Alexander, was born at Moy 22 March 1767. He was educated at Westminster and at Edinburgh. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in1783, and to the Scottish Bar in January 1789. In the year 1788 he was elected Provost of Forres; M.P. for Morayshire 1790 to 1796, when he retired from ill-health. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy and Grant estate on 18 February 1811, and on the death of his cousin James, seventh Earl of Findlater and fourth Earl of Seafield, without issue, on 5 October 1811, Sir Lewis as heir-general succeeded to his estates, with his titles of Earl of Seafield, Viscount Reidhaven, Viscount Seafield, and Baron Ogilvie of Deskford and Cullen. He then assumed the surname of Oglivie in addition to his own. His brother Colonel Francis William was appointed his curator. He died unmarried at Cullen House on 26 October 1840, aged seventy-three, and was succeeded by his younger brother."

SOURCE: The Scots peerage, Vol. VII, page 487

Other References

• Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 376