Thomas Alexander Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat and 1st Baron Lovat, (17 June 1802 – 28 June 1875) was a

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nobleman. He was the 21st Chief ''MacShimidh'' of

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, succeeding to the title of his distant cousin, the 11th Lord Lovat, who had been attainted and executed as a Jacobite in 1747.

Early life

Born on 17 June 1802, he was the son of Amelia (

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) Fraser and Alexander

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, 9th of

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, a Captain of the

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who died on 28 October 1803, shortly after his birth. His paternal grandparents were Alexander Fraser, 8th of Strichen and Jean (née Menzies) Fraser (a daughter of William Menzies and niece of James Menzies of Culdares). His maternal grandparents were John Leslie, 22nd Baron of Balquhain and the former Violet Dalzell. In 1821, Fraser commissioned Aberdeen architect John Smith to design a town house known as

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Career

In 1815, upon the death of Archibald Campbell Fraser (who outlived all of his children), Fraser became the 21st Chief of the Clan Fraser, through his descent from the second son of the 4th Lord Lovat. He also inherited the Lovat estates at

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. On 28 January 1837 he was created Baron Lovat, of Lovat in the County of Inverness, in the

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. In 1854, the attainder of the 11th Lord Lovat (who had been attainted and executed in 1747) was reversed, and Lovat thereby became 12th Lord Lovat in the

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. He notably served as

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from 1853 to 1873 and was made a

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in 1865.

Personal life

On 6 August 1823, Fraser was married to Charlotte Georgina Stafford-Jerningham (1800–1876), the daughter of George William Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford, in 1823. The couple had three daughters and four sons:Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * Hon. Amelia Charlotte Fraser (22 August 1824 – 1912), who married

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of Danesfield, a

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MP for

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. * Hon. Frances Georgina Fraser (20 February 1826 – 25 December 1899), who married Sir Pyers Mostyn, 8th Baronet (1811–1882). * Hon. Charlotte Henrietta Fraser (6 June 1827 – 21 July 1904), who married Sir Matthew Sausse, the Chief Justice of Bombay, in 1866. *

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(1828–1887), who married Alice Mary Weld-Blundell, daughter of Thomas Weld-Blundell. * Hon. Alexander Edward Fraser (13 January 1831 – 20 September 1885), a Lt.-Col. in the

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who fought in the

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and married Georgiana Mary Heneage, only daughter of

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of Hainton Hall. * Hon. George Edward Stafford Fraser (17 February 1834 – 4 May 1854), who died unmarried. * Hon. Henry Thomas Fraser (2 December 1838 – 3 August 1904), a Colonel in the 1st Battalion Scots Guards who died unmarried. Lord Lovat died in June 1875, aged 73, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son

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. Lady Lovat died in 1876.

Legacy

Lord Lovat's legacy is that of the present 16th Lord Lovat, and the good standing of the present Clan Fraser. He completed the restoration of Lovat titles and lands, which had been started by the 11th Lord's son,

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References

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