Alexander Fraser, 4th Lord Lovat (1527 – 1557/1558) was a Scottish

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and Chief of

Clan Fraser of Lovat Clan Fraser of Lovat ( gd, Friseal french: link=yes, Fraiser) is a Highland Scottish clan and the principal branch of Clan Fraser. The Frasers of Lovat are strongly associated with Inverness and the surrounding area since the Clan's founder gaine ...

from 1544 until 1557. He succeeded to the chiefship in July 1544, aged seventeen, after his father

Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lord Lovat Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lord Lovat (c. 1494 – 15 July 1544) was a Scottish peer and Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat from 1524 until 1544. Biography Fraser was the eldest son of Thomas Fraser, 2nd Lord Lovat (died 1524) and Janet Gordon, daughter ...

and elder brother Simon were killed in the battle of

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. He was made the legal ward of Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney (d. 1558), who was a relative of his mother's. In 1555 he waited on Mary of Guise when she came to Inverness to hold assizes. He died of rheumatism in 1557/1558.

Marriage and family

Lovat married Janet Campbell (died 1592), daughter of Sir John Campbell of

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, a son of

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. Their children included:John Anderson, ''Historical account of the family of Frisel or Fraser, particularly Fraser of Lovat'' (Edinburgh, 1825), p. 83. *

Hugh Fraser, 5th Lord Lovat Hugh Fraser, 5th Lord Lovat (c. 1545–1577) was a Scottish landowner. He was the son of Alexander Fraser, 4th Lord Lovat (d. 1557) and Janet Campell, a daughter of John Campbell of Cawdor. He was known as "Red Hugh" from the colour of his hair ...

* Thomas Fraser of Knockie and Strichen * James Fraser of Ardochy * Anna Fraser, who married John Fraser of Dalcrosa, also called John Mor MacVaister When Janet Campbell died in 1592 she left her two silver goblets, a bed with "Scottish green" curtains, and the high table of Dalcross Castle to her grandson Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat.

References

16th-century Scottish people 1527 births 1550s deaths Year of death uncertain Lords of Parliament (pre-1707) Lords Lovat Clan Fraser Chiefs {{Lord-of-Parliament-stub