William Fraser also stated, in 1884, that:Lord Seafield, like his father, took a warm interest in the prosperity and happiness of his tenantry .... He did not like changes on his estates. 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. James Bain. Both Lord Seafield and his Commissioner, T.C. Bruce, were directors of the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway, a predecessor of The Highland Railway. As Chief of Clan Grant Lord Seafield took personal interest in sponsoring and attending an annual Highland Games held at Castle Grant. He and his family made a point of attending in full Highland dress.As illustrative of his love for Highland institutions, down even to the garb of old Gaul, at these gatherings Lord Seafield seldom failed to remind his countrymen how much he disliked their appearance in modern Lowland dress instead of the full Highland costume. His Lordship and the young chief invariably set the Clan an example in that respect. His funeral, culminating at the Seafield Mausoleum in Duthil Churchyard, was accompanied by pipers: a sorrowing clan mourning for their lost chief.As Laird o' Grant, Chief of the Clan, Grandly himself bore he - A leal true-hearted Highlandman of noblest ancestry. Lord Strathspey suggested in 1983 that with the death of the 7th Earl of Seafield the era when the Laird's ruling hand had been ready to help and guide his family and clan came to an end. 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. Note on the names Grant and Ogilvie The family of Grant of Grant, on succeeding in 1811 to the Earldom of Seafield, first adopted the surname of Grant-Ogilvie, otherwise Grant-Ogilvy. This order was later reversed, so that Lord Cassilis' history, 'The Rulers of Strathspey' (1911) names the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Earls as Grant-Ogilvie but all their successors from Sir James, 9th Earl, as Ogilvie-Grant. Sir William Fraser's 'The Chiefs of Grant' (1884) preferred the style of Grant of Grant and Lord Ogilvie of Deskford and Cullen for both the 5th and 6th Earls; his article on the 7th Earl is named Sir John Charles Grant Ogilvie but the