The Right Honourable

The Lord Strathspey
Tenure12 November 1915 – 11 November 1948
PredecessorJames Ogilvie-Grant
SuccessorPatrick Grant
Born(1879-03-02)2 March 1879
Oamaru, New Zealand
Died11 November 1948(1948-11-11) (aged 69)
Spouse(s)Alice Hardy-Johnston
IssuePatrick Grant, 5th Baron Strathspey
ParentsFrancis Ogilvie-Grant
Ann Evans

Trevor Ogilvie-Grant, 4th Baron Strathspey (2 March 1879 – 11 November 1948) was a New Zealand-born Scottish peer, who upon becoming Lord Strathspey in 1915 emigrated to Britain and took his seat in the House of Lords.

He was born in 1879 in Oamaru, North Otago, the second son of Francis Ogilvie-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield and Ann Trevor Corry Evans.[1] He was educated at Warwick House preparatory school in Christchurch (where his elder brother James had also attended),[2] Waitaki Boys' High School and St John's College.[1][3] For many years, he was the President of the English branch of the Waitaki Old Boys' Association.[1]

The gravestone of the 4th Baron Strathspey and his first wife in Brighton, Sussex

He married Alice Louisa Hardy-Johnston, daughter of Thomas Masterman Hardy-Johnston of Christchurch, on 19 December 1905 in Tauranga.[4][5] After his father's death, his mother and her family had lived in Tauranga for some time.[5] Strathspey and his wife made Wellington their home after the wedding.[5] They had two children in New Zealand: Lena Barbara Joan Ogilvie-Grant (1907–1981), and Patrick Grant, 5th Baron Strathspey (1912–1992).[4] His wife died on 18 November 1945.[4]

His second marriage was in March 1947 to Elfrida Minnie Fass, daughter of Gordon Cloete of Cape Town in South Africa, and widow of Colonel Capron, York and Lancaster Regiment.[6]

Lord Strathspey died on 11 November 1948. His second wife died on 19 July 1949.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Death of Countess". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXII, no. 22246. 22 October 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Windsor Hotel". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "An Open Secret". Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. XLVII, no. 15266. 14 July 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Lundy, Darryl. "Alice Louisa Hardy-Johnston". The Peerage. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "The Bay of Plenty Times and Thames Valley Warden". Bay of Plenty Times. Vol. XXXI, no. 4850. 15 January 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 Lundy, Darryl. "Sir Trevor Ogilvie-Grant, Lord Strathspey". The Peerage. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
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