Baronet of Leadclune

The Baronetcy of Ledeclune in the county of Inverness, Scotland was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 27 November 1806 for Alexander Fraser. The third Baronet served with the 7th Hussars in Spain during the Peninsular War, and was on the staff of the Duke of Wellington during the Waterloo Campaign. The fourth Baronet was an author and collector and also represented Barnstaple, Ludlow and Kidderminster in the House of Commons. The fifth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Harborough. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1979.

The following men held the Baronetcy:

Sir William Fraser, 1st Baronet (c1750–1818), was created baronet on 27 November 1806.^[1]
Sir William Fraser, 2nd Baronet, (1787–1827) son of the 1st Baronet
Sir James Fraser, 3rd Baronet (1789–1834), brother of the 2nd Baronet
Sir William Fraser, 4th Baronet (1826–1898), son of the 3rd Baronet.
Sir Keith Alexander Fraser, 5th Baronet (1867–1935),^[2] son of Lieutenant-Colonel James Keith Fraser, C.M.G. 3rd son of the 3rd Baronet.^[3]
Sir Keith Charles Adolphus Fraser, 6th Baronet (b. 14 September 1911, d. 1979)

References

^ John Burke. A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire, H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832 p. 494
^ Sir Keith Alexander Fraser (1867-1935), Major; Conservative MP for Harborough 1918-1923, [[National Portrait Gallery (London)|]]
^ Antony Maxwell's Scots Heraldry. This is an unreliable source but it cites Debrett's 1904 Baronetage, and Burke’s Peerage of 1970, page 1048.

Baronet of Leadclune

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