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]
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 2 3 4 Chichester 1889, p. 207.
- 1 2 Robert 2004.
References
Chichester, Henry Manners (1889). "Fraser, Archibald Campbell". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography. 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, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10125
Further reading
- Fisher, David R. (1986), "MacLeod, Roderick (1786-1853), of Cadboll and Invergordon Castle, Ross and Cromarty", in Thorne, R., The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, Cambridge University Press