Hugh Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of Allander (15 January 1903 – 6 November 1966), was the grandson of Hugh Fraser I, and the father of Sir Hugh Fraser, 2nd Baronet. He inherited his father's shop and built it into the large retail chain now known as

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Career

Born in

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, Hugh Fraser was educated at

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and Warriston School near

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. In 1919 he joined his father's business, a shop in Buchanan Street in Glasgow. He became

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in 1924 and

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on his father's death in 1927. He expanded the business by acquisition buying

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throughout Scotland as well as the ''John Barker Group'' and

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in England and Argentina. In 1948 he established ''Scottish & Universal Investments'' ('SUITS') to acquire non-retail businesses including the ''

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''. In 1945 he purchased Mugdock Castle from the 6th Duke of Montrose. He was created a

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, styled "of Dineiddwg in the

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", in 1961, and was subsequently created the 1st Baron Fraser of Allander, of Dineiddwg in the

, in 1964. He died in 1966 at "Dineiddwg", his home at Mugdock.

Family

In 1931, he married Kathleen Hutcheon and together they went on to have one son ( Hugh Fraser) and one daughter.

Arms

References

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