Lieutenant-General James Keith Fraser (20 September 1832 – 30 July 1895) was a British Army officer.

Early life

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Fraser was born on 20 September 1832. He was the third son of Lt.-Col.

Sir James John Fraser, 3rd Baronet Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James John Fraser, 3rd Baronet (1789 – 5 June 1834) was a lieutenant-colonel in the British Army (1828). Early life Fraser, who was born in 1789, was the second son of Sir William Fraser, 1st Baronet, F.R.S., and Elizab ...

and the former Charlotte Anne Craufurd. He had two elder brothers,

Sir William Fraser, 4th Baronet Sir William Augustus Fraser, 4th Baronet (10 February 1826 – 17 August 1898), of Pilton House, near Barnstaple, Devon, was an English politician, author and collector. He was elected member of parliament for Barnstaple (Devon) in 1852, and ag ...

, an MP for

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, and Lt.-Gen. Sir

Charles Craufurd Fraser Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Craufurd Fraser (31 August 1829 – 7 June 1895) was a British Army officer and Conservative politician. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face o ...

, '' aide-de-camp'' to the

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. His paternal grandparents were Sir William Fraser, 1st Baronet, and the former Elizabeth Farquharson (a daughter of merchant James Farquharson, of London). His maternal grandparents were Daniel Craufurd (a son of Sir Alexander Craufurd, 1st Baronet) and Bridget Holland (a daughter of architect Henry Holland).

Career

In 1855, he served as military

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. He gained the rank of Colonel in the

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and was Inspector-General of Cavalry in Great Britain and Ireland in 1891. He was appointed Companion,

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Personal life

On 10 June 1865, Fraser married Amelia Alice Julia Ward (d. 1929), a daughter of Hon. Humble Dudley Ward (a son of the 10th Baron Ward) and Eleanor Louisa Hawkes. Together, they were the parents of: * Helena Violet Alice Fraser (d. 1949), who married

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, a son of

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and Augusta Bonham (widow of Col. Henry Frederick Bonham, and the daughter of the Rev. Sir Christopher Musgrave, 9th Bt.) in 1898. * Sir Keith Alexander Fraser, 5th Baronet (1867–1935), who married Lady Dorothy Coventry, daughter of

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and Lady Blanche Craven (a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Craven), in 1910. * Capt. Hugh Craufurd Keith-Fraser (1869–1906), who married Dorothy Villiers, a daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir

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(son of the 4th Earl of Clarendon) and Virginia Katharine Smith (daughter of Eric Carrington Smith), in 1919. Fraser died on 30 July 1895.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, pp. 946-947. His son later succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1898.

References

External links

James Keith Fraser (1832-1895), Lieutenant-General
at the

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