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Ian Fraser (playwright), Ian Fraser
Ian Fraser may refer to: * Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale (1897–1974), British politician and businessman * Sir Ian Fraser (surgeon) (1901–1999) Irish surgeon, President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, President of the British Medical Association * Ian Fraser (cricketer) (1902–1990), New Zealand cricketer * Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Tullybelton (1911–1989), British judge * Ian Fraser (Plymouth Sutton MP) (1916–1987), British politician, MP for Plymouth Sutton * Ian Edward Fraser (1920–2008), British Royal Navy officer and Victoria Cross recipient * Ian Fraser (Royal Navy pilot) (1921–2015), Royal Navy officer and diplomat * Ian Fraser (composer) (1933–2014), British composer, nominee for the Academy Award for Original Music Score * Ian Fraser (broadcaster) (born 1948), New Zealand television interviewer and executive * Ian Fraser (naturalist) (born 1951), Australian naturalist * Ian Fraser (New Zealand politician), New Zealand politician, founder o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser Of Lonsdale
William Jocelyn Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale, (30 August 1897 – 19 December 1974) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician, a Governor of the BBC, a successful businessman and the first person to be awarded a life peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958. Fraser was blinded in World War I and became Chairman of Blind Veterans UK, St Dunstan's, a charity for blind servicemen. Early life and war injury Fraser was the son of William Percy Fraser, a businessman of South Africa, who played a role in the development of Johannesburg. He was born in Eastbourne, England but spent his early years in South Africa. He returned to England and was educated at St Cyprian's School Eastbourne and Marlborough College. He went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, at the start of World War I and in the spring of 1916, he was sent out to join the army in France where he was a Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), captain in the King's Shropshire Light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
