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John Simon Frederick Fraser

John Simon Frederick Fraser

British politician

Lieutenant-Colonel John Simon Frederick Fraser (1765–1803), also referred to as Simon Fraser, the younger of Lovat,[lower-alpha 1] commanded the Fraser Fencibles in Ireland and was Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Inverness-shire from 1796 to 1802.[1][2]

Biography

Simon Fraser was the eldest son of Archibald Fraser 20th MacShimidh (1736–1815) and Jane, daughter of William Fraser. He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 4 July 1786 and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1789 and the Inner Temple in 1793.[1]

He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fraser Fencibles, and saw service in Ireland during the Irish rebellion of 1798. [1] This regiment was raised in 1794 by James Fraser of Balladrum (who had served in the 78th Fraser Highlanders under Lieutenant-General Simon Fraser). It disbanded in 1802.

Fraser was a Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire from 1796 to 1802, and died before his father, unmarried, in Lisbon on 6 April 1803.[1] He had an illegitimate son.[2]

Notes

  1. The younger of Lovat or Young Lovat distinguishes him from his more famous uncle: Lieutenant-General Simon Fraser of Lovat
  1. [1]
    Chichester 1889, p. 207.
  2. [2]
    Clyde 2004.

References

  • Chichester, Henry Manners (1889). "Fraser, Archibald Campbell" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 20. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 206–207.
  • Clyde, Robert (2004). "Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat (1736–1815): John Simon Frederick Fraser". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10125. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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