John Annand Fraser, MBE, TD was

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from 1958 to 1959.
He was born into a clerical family on 21 June 1894 and educated at

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and the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh. During The Great War he served with the Gordon Highlanders. Ordained in 1921, "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London,

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, 2007 he was initially an Assistant Minister at St Matthew's, Edinburgh, 1921. After this he was held incumbencies at Humbie and Hamilton, during which time he was the

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and his son, later Sir Charles Annand Fraser, attending the Hamilton Academy. From 1960 to 1970 he was

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of Aberdalgie. He died on 3 October 1985.

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