Charles Ian Fraser of Reelig (1903–1963) was a Scottish

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officer, historian and

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. Fraser was a commissioned officer in the

Lovat Scouts The Lovat Scouts was a British Army unit first formed during the Second Boer War as a Scottish Highland yeomanry regiment. They were the first known military unit to wear a ghillie suit, and were renowned for their elite reconnaissance capabili ...

. He served in the

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and in 1942 he was awarded the

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. In 1944 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for

Inverness-shire Inverness-shire () or the County of Inverness, is a Counties of Scotland, historic county in Scotland. It is named after Inverness, its largest settlement, which was also the county town. Covering much of the Scottish Highlands, Highlands and s ...

. He was confirmed in the honorary rank of Major in 1951. He was later granted the honorary rank of Colonel. He was made a

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in the 1962 New Year Honours for his work as Chairman of the Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association of the County of Inverness. In 1939, Fraser was made

Dingwall Pursuivant Dingwall Pursuivant of Arms is a current Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon. Dingwall Pursuivant was formerly a private officer of arms in the service of the Lord of the Isles, but along with Kintyre Pursuivant, Ross Hera ...

herald in the

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. In 1953 he was promoted to

Albany Herald Albany Herald of Arms is a Scottish herald of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon. The office was first mentioned in a diplomatic mission from Scotland to England in 1401. The office was probably instituted on the creation of Robert Stewart, ...

.Albany Herald
Court of the Lord Lyon. Retrieved 28 November 2022. An expert on Scottish clan history, heraldry and genealogy, he contributed two books to Johnston & Bacon's Clan Histories series: ''The Clan Cameron, A Patriarchy Beset'' (1953) and ''The Clan Munro'' (1954). In 1929 he married Mary Charity Campbell-Preston and together they had four children. He was

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of Reelig.

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