Nina Seafield

Nina Caroline Ogilvie-Grant, 12th Countess of Seafield (17 April 1906 – 30 September 1969) was a Scottish peeress.

She was the only child of James Ogilvie-Grant, 11th Earl of Seafield and the New Zealand heiress Mary Elizabeth Nina Townend.

On 24 January 1930, she married Derek Herbert Studley-Herbert. They divorced in 1957.[1] Her former husband died of cancer on 26 March 1960.[1][2] They were the parents of Ian Ogilvie-Grant, 13th Earl of Seafield, who succeeded to the earldom of Seafield.

The Countess of Seafield was the second richest woman in Britain after Queen Elizabeth II.[3] She died on 30 September 1969 of cancer.[2][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Lundy, Darryl. "Derek Herbert Ogilvie-Grant-Studley-Herbert". The Peerage. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Lady Pauline Ogilvie-Grant Nicholson; Aristocrat". The Herald. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Londoner's Diary". Evening Standard. 16 March 1957. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Wealthiest Peeress Dies, Aged 63". EveningStandard. 30 September 1969. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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