The Frasers of Strichen are a branch of the highland
Clan Fraser of Lovat
Clan Fraser of Lovat ( ) is a Highland Scottish clan and the principal branch of Clan Fraser. The Frasers of Lovat are strongly associated with Inverness and the surrounding area since the Clan's founder gained lands there in the 13th century.
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, which assumed the
chiefship of the clan in the 19th century.
After
Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat
Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat, (16 August 1736 – 8 December 1815) was British consul at Tripoli and Algiers, and later colonel of the 1st Inverness local militia. Upon the death of his brother, Simon Fraser (1726–1782), Archibald becam ...
, the third son of
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, ( 1667 – 9 April 1747) was a Scottish landowner and head of Clan Fraser of Lovat. Convicted of high treason in the United Kingdom, high treason for his role in the Jacobite rising of 1745, he was the last ma ...
, died without descendants in 1815, the chiefship of Clan Fraser was passed to
Thomas Alexander Fraser of Strichen. He was a descendant of the 7th Lord Lovat.
In 1854 the title of Lovat was restored, which made him the 12th
Lord Lovat
Lord Lovat () is a title of the rank Lord of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1458 for Hugh Fraser by summoning him to the Scottish Parliament as Lord Fraser of Lovat, although the holder is referred to simply as Lo ...
.
This also entitled him and his descendants to a seat in the House of Lords, until the
House of Lords Act 1999
The House of Lords Act 1999 (c. 34) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the House of Lords, one of the chambers of Parliament. The Act was given royal assent on 11 November 1999. For centuries, the House of Lords ...
ended the right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords.
The current chief of the Clan,
Simon Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat, is a direct descendant of Thomas Alexander Fraser of Strichen.
Lairds of Strichen
*Thomas Fraser of Knockie and 1st of Strichen, died 2 October 1612, second son of
Alexander Fraser, 4th Lord Lovat.
*Thomas Fraser, 2nd of Strichen.
*Thomas Fraser, 3rd of Strichen, succeeded his father in 1645.
*Thomas Fraser, 4th of Strichen, died 26 February 1685.
*Alexander Fraser, 5th of Strichen, died 3 November 1699.
*James Fraser, 6th of Strichen, died unmarried and was succeeded by his brother.
*Alexander Fraser, 7th of Strichen, died 15 February 1775.
*Alexander Fraser, 8th of Strichen, died 17 December 1794.
*Alexander Fraser, 9th of Strichen, died 28 October 1803.
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Thomas Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat and 10th of Strichen
See also
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Lord Lovat
Lord Lovat () is a title of the rank Lord of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1458 for Hugh Fraser by summoning him to the Scottish Parliament as Lord Fraser of Lovat, although the holder is referred to simply as Lo ...
References
External links
Frasers of Strichen and later of Lovat from Baronage Press{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615044003/http://baronage.co.uk/bphtm-03/fraser05.html , date=15 June 2006
Strichen, Frasers of
Fraser of Strichen