THE SEAFIELD ESTATES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14806, 9 October 1911, Page 7

THE SEAFIELD ESTATES.

DEATH OF DOWAGER • ~ COUNTESS.

LANDS • REVERT TO EARLDOM.

By Telegraph.— Asiociition.— (Received October 8, 5 p.m.) • . ■». _ .; ■ London, October 7. The death is announced of the Dowager Countess .of Seafield. It- is reported that the . late Countess made a settlement, whereby her estates will now revert to the Earldom. '"' v '<** : : ■ '

A NEW ZEALAND FAMILY. The above cable ; probably refers to Caroline, : Countess ;■ of Seafield, • widow of the seventh v earl and mother ,of the ; eighth, who has for many years resided in the north of .Scotland, on the family estates in Banffshire, In vernessiihire, and Morayshire. The Earls of Seafield were for several generations prior to 1884 earls of the United Kingdom. In 1884 the eighth earl died unmarried, and' the - Scottish honours with the title of Ear! of Seafield then devolved oh his" uncle, whose descendants have had a long connection with New Zealand. The tenth earl- married a daughter of Major George • Evans, of Otago, in 1874, and died in 1888, \ and his widoW and family have . until ?uite recently resided in New Zealand, or many years in Oamaru and more recently -in Auckland and Rotorua. Her son, the present Earl, - was born in 1876 and succeeded to the title in 1888 on the death of his father. Ten years later he married Nina, daughter of Dr. J. T. Townend, of Christchurch. He was for a considerable time connected with the New"; Zealand Defence Force, being a lieutenant in 'the : Canterbury Mounted Rifles. The cable indicates that the estates hitherto held by the widow of the seventh earl will now go with the title to , the New Zealand branch of the Seafield 1 family. •