Sir James John Fraser, 3rd Baronet (1789–5 June 1834) was a lieutenant-colonel in the British Army (1828).

Biography

Fraser was descended from Alexander Fraser, second son of Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat (1426), and was the second son of Sir William 1st Baronet, F.R.S. by Elizabeth, daughter of James Farquharson, esq., merchant, of London; and succeeded to the title, 23 December 1827, on the death of his brother Sir William Fraser, 2nd Baronet.Nichols, John. ''The Gentleman's magazine'', E. Cave, 1834
Issue for September 1834
by Sylvanus Urban
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/ref> Fraser served with the

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in Spain during the Peninsular War, and was on the staff of the Duke of Wellington during the Waterloo Campaign.Anderson, William. ''The Scottish nation: or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland'', A. Fullarton, 186
p. 264
/ref> He died on 5 June 1834, at his seat, Uddens House, Dorsetshire, after a short illness, aged 45, leaving a widow and three sons. There are memorial inscriptions to Fraser in All Saints' Church, Langton Long Blandford, at Wimborne Minster, Dorset and on the family memorial tablet in Boleskine Old Churchyard, Drumtemple, Invernesshire.

Family

The eldest son, Sir William Fraser, 4th Baronet was born in 1826, graduated B.A. and M.A. at Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1847 was appointed an officer in the

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, and subsequently captain. In 1852 and 1857 he was the member of parliament for

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. His brother, Charles Craufurd, was a Lieutenant-Colonel

11th Hussars The 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army established in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including the First World War and Second World War but then amalgamated with the 10th Royal Hussars (Pri ...

, V.C. 1861, was at one time '' aide-de-camp'' to the lord-lieutenant of Ireland, and distinguished himself in India. The youngest brother, James Keith, was in 1860 a captain first life guards.

References

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