John Simon Frederick Fraser
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]
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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. The regiment raised in 1794 by James Fraser of 7th of Balladrum (who had served in the 78th Fraser Highlanders under Lieutenant-General Simon Fraser), and disbanded in 1802. Simon Frazer commanded the regiment in Ireland during the Irish rebellion of 1798.[1]
Frazer 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
- ↑ The younger of Lovat or Young Lovat distinguishes him from his more famous uncle: Lieutenant-General Simon Fraser of Lovat
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chichester 1889, p. 207.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robert 2004.
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- 1765 births
- 1803 deaths
- Clan Fraser
- Members of Lincoln's Inn
- Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford
- Members of the Inner Temple
- Scottish military personnel
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies
- British MPs 1796–1800
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
- UK MPs 1801–02
