Lieutenant-Colonel John Simon Frederick Fraser (1765–1803), also referred to as Simon Fraser, the younger of Lovat, commanded the Fraser Fencibles in Ireland and was Member of Parliament (M.P.) for

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from 1796 to 1802.

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Simon Fraser was the eldest son of Archibald Fraser 20th MacShimidh (1736–1815) and Jane, daughter of William Fraser. He matriculated at

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on 4 July 1786 and entered

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in 1789 and the

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in 1793. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fraser Fencibles, and saw service in Ireland during the Irish rebellion of 1798. This regiment was raised in 1794 by James Fraser of Balladrum (who had served in the 78th Fraser Highlanders under Lieutenant-General Simon Fraser). It disbanded in 1802. Fraser was a Member of Parliament for

from 1796 to 1802, and died before his father, unmarried, in Lisbon on 6 April 1803. He had an illegitimate son.

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