Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat and 2nd Baron Lovat, (21 December 1828 – 6 September 1887) was a Scottish nobleman, landowner, and soldier. He was the
22nd Chief of
Clan Fraser of Lovat in the Scottish Highlands, and responsible for overseeing the reconstruction of
Beaufort Castle.
Early life
Lovat was the eldest of four sons and three daughters born to
Thomas Alexander Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat and Hon. Charlotte Georgina Stafford-Jerningham, daughter of
George William Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford.
Among his siblings was Amelia Charlotte Fraser (wife of
Charles Scott-Murray of
Danesfield), Frances Giorgiana Fraser (wife of
Sir Pyers Mostyn, 8th Baronet), Charlotte Henrietta Fraser (wife of
Sir Matthew Sausse, the
Chief Justice of Bombay),
Alexander Edward Fraser (a
Lt.-Col. in the
Scots Guards
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who fought in the
Crimean War and married Georgiana Mary Heneage, only daughter of
George Fieschi Heneage of
Hainton Hall)
George Edward Stafford Fraser (who died unmarried),
and Henry Thomas Fraser (a Colonel in the
1st Battalion Scots Guards who also died unmarried).
Career
He succeeded his father in 1875, who had been awarded another barony, that of Baron Lovat, in the
peerage of Great Britain. Lovat resided at
Beaufort Castle, and was
the 22nd Chief ''MacShimidh'' of the
Clan Fraser of Lovat.
[Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ]
He served as a
Lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Militia, and
Lord Lieutenant of Inverness between 1873 and 1887. From 1883 to 1887, he served as
aide-de-camp to
Queen Victoria
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.
Marriage and issue
In 1866, Fraser married Alice Maria Weld-Blundell, the fifth daughter of
Thomas Weld-Blundell and his wife, Teresa Maria Eleanora Vaughan.
They had 11 children:
* Simon Thomas Joseph Fraser (16 August 1867 – 28 September 1868), who died young.
* Hon. Mary Laura Fraser (2 April 1869 – 3 December 1946), who married John Scott, Viscount Encombe (1870–1900), eldest son and heir apparent of
John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon, and had issue.
* Hon. Alice Mary Charlotte Fraser (3 March 1870 – 7 August 1958), who married Hon. Bernard Constable-Maxwell, son of
William Constable-Maxwell, 10th Lord Herries of Terregles, and had issue.
*
Simon Joseph Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat (1871–1933), who married Laura Lister, daughter of
Lord Ribblesdale and, his first wife, Charlotte Monkton Tennant (a daughter of
Sir Charles Tennant).
* Hon. Etheldreda Mary Fraser (22 November 1872 – 9 October 1949), who married diplomat
Sir Francis Oswald Lindley.
* Maj. Hon. Hugh Joseph Fraser (6 July 1874 – 28 October 1914), who served with the
Scots Guards
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and was killed in the
First Battle of Ypres during
World War I
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.
* Maj. Hon. Alastair Thomas Joseph Fraser (1 August 1877 – 14 October 1949), who married Lady Sybil Grimston, daughter of
James Grimston, 3rd Earl of Verulam.
* Hon. John Fraser (born and died 25 March 1880), born prematurely in
Gibraltar
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; survived only half an hour
* Hon. Margaret Mary Catherine Fraser
OBE (25 June 1881 – 4 August 1972), who married Brig.-Gen.
Archibald Stirling, son of
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet, and had issue.
* Hon. Muriel Mary Rose Fraser (12 July 1884 – 26 June 1989), who became a Catholic nun.
* Hon. Ian Benedict Joseph Fraser (21 May – 16 December 1886), died in infancy
Lord Lovat died in September 1887, aged 58, while shooting on the moors of Inverness.
He was succeeded by his son
Simon, who became the 14th Lord Lovat. Lady Lovat survived her husband by over fifty years and died in 1938, aged 92.
Descendants
Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of
John Scott, 4th Earl of Eldon. Through his daughter Alice, he was a grandfather of World War I flying ace
Gerald Maxwell. Through his daughter Margaret, he was a grandfather of Special Air Service co-founder
Sir David Stirling.
References
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1828 births
1887 deaths
Nobility from Highland (council area)
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Lord-lieutenants of Inverness-shire
Fraser, Simon Fraser, 5th Lord
Lords Lovat