William Fraser may refer to:

Military people

* William W. Fraser (1844–1915), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * William Archibald Kenneth Fraser (1886–1969), British army officer *

William Fraser (British Army officer) Brigadier William Fraser, (5 July 1890 – 11 November 1964) was a younger son of Alexander Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun and served as a British Army officer in both world wars. Early life William Fraser was born on 5 July 1890, the youngest of ...

(1890–1964), British army officer * William M. Fraser III (born 1952), United States Air Force general

Politicians

William Fraser, of Fraserfield Hon. William Fraser, of Fraserfield (19 November 1691 – 23 March 1727) was a Scottish Jacobitism, Jacobite politician. He was the second of the two sons of William Fraser, 12th Lord Saltoun (1654–1715) and his wife Margaret (died 1734), dau ...

(1691–1727), Scottish landowner and politician, MP for Elgin Burghs 1722–25 *

William Fraser (Clerk of the Signet) William Fraser may refer to: Military people * William W. Fraser (1844–1915), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * William Archibald Kenneth Fraser (1886–1969), British army officer *William Fraser (British Army officer) ...

(died 1802), British politician,

Clerk of the Signet The Clerks of the Signet were English officials who played an intermediate role in the passage of letters patent through the seals. For most of the history of the position, four clerks were in office simultaneously. Letters patent prepared by th ...

and an Undersecretary of State *

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 ...

(1826–1898), English politician *

William Fraser (New Zealand politician, born 1827) William Fraser (1827–1901) was a 19th-century New Zealand Liberal Party, Liberal Party Member of Parliament in the Auckland Region, New Zealand. Biography He was born in Inverness, Scotland, in 1827. He was Mayor of Thames in 1882–1 ...

(1827–1901) *

William Fraser (Canadian politician) William Fraser (June 17, 1832, in Red River Colony, Ruperts Land – September 9, 1909 in Fraser's Grove, Manitoba, Canada) was a farmer, bureaucrat, and politician from Manitoba, Canada. Fraser began his political experience as a Member of ...

(1832–1909), member of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, 1872–1875 *

William Fraser (New Zealand politician, born 1840) Sir William Fraser (1840 – 16 July 1923) was an Independent Conservative then Reform Party member of parliament in New Zealand. Biography Early life Fraser was born in India, the son of Captain Hugh Fraser of the 5th Madras Light Cavalry. ...

(1840–1923) *

William Alexander Fraser (politician) William Alexander Fraser (24 April 1886 – 26 October 1962) was a Canadian politician. Fraser was born in Trenton, Ontario where he served as mayor in the 1920s. He represented the riding of Northumberland in Parliament with the Liberal ...

(1886–1962), Canadian politician *

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 awarde ...

or William Jocelyn Ian Fraser (1897–1974), British politician and chairman of St Dunstan's * William Henry Fraser, Canadian politician

Sportspeople

William Lovat Fraser William Lovat Fraser (7 November 1884 – 21 November 1968) was a Scottish sportsman who played cricket and rugby union at an international level, representing Scotland in cricket and touring Argentina with the 1910 Combined British rugby union ...

(1884–1968), Scottish cricketer and rugby union player * Willie Fraser (footballer) (1929–1996), Australian footballer who played for A.F.C. Sunderland *

Willie Fraser William Patrick Fraser (born May 26, 1964) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between and . Fraser played for the California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, St ...

(born 1964), baseball player *

William Fraser (rugby union) William Edward "Will" Fraser (born 29 October 1989) is a retired English rugby union flanker who played for Premiership side Saracens. He had previously spent time dual registered with Bedford Blues and at international level has represented t ...

(born 1989), Saracens F.C. Academy Player

Other people

* William Alexander Fraser (writer) (1859–1933), Canadian writer * William Fraser (bishop of St Andrews) (died 1297), Bishop of St Andrews, Guardian of Scotland *

William Fraser, 12th Lord Saltoun William Fraser, 12th Lord Saltoun (21 November 1654 – 18 March 1715), was a Scottish peer and the 11th Laird of Philorth. Early years Fraser was born on 11 November 1654 in the small town of Fraserburgh. His parents were Alexander Fraser, Maste ...

(1654–1715), Scottish peer and the 11th Laird of Philorth *

William Fraser (British administrator) William Fraser was a British merchant and administrator who was the Acting President of Madras from 14 November 1709 to 11 July 1711. Tenure as Acting President of Madras Accusations against Armenians On 13 January 1710, Lewis Melique, a E ...

, working in Madras, India, 1709–1711 *

William Fraser (bishop of Arichat) William Fraser (1778 or 1779 Glen Cannich, Inverness-shire, Scotland – October 4, 1851 Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and the first Bishop of Halifax in Nova Scotia from 1842 until the splitting of the ...

(1779–1851), Canadian Roman Catholic bishop *

William Fraser (British India civil servant) William Fraser (1784 – 22 March 1835) was a British India civil servant who was an Political Resident, Agent to the Governor General of India and Commissioner of the Delhi Territory during the reign of the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafa ...

(1784–1835) *

William Fraser (historian) Sir William Fraser, (18 February 1816 – 13 March 1898) was a solicitor and notable expert in ancient Scottish history, palaeography, and genealogy. Life Fraser's family were farmers and craftsmen in The Mearns. He was the eldest of the ...

(1816–1898), professor of Scottish history *

William Smith Fraser William Smith Fraser (July 19, 1852 – April 27, 1897) was an American architect based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fraser is best known for his designs for the Herron Hill Pumping Station (1896), a City of Pittsburgh List of City of Pittsburgh ...

(1852–1897), American architect *

William Fraser (architect) William Fraser (24 October 1867 – 14 June 1922) was a Scottish-born architect, prominent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who practised in Great Britain and Canada. Early life Born in the town of Lochgilphead, Argyll, in western ...

(1867–1922), Scottish architect *

William Mackenzie Fraser William Mackenzie Fraser (6 April 1878 – 13 September 1960) was a New Zealand labourer, civil engineer, local politician, conservationist and ethnological collector. He was born in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand on 6 April 1878. References ...

(1878–1960), New Zealand labourer, civil engineer and ethnological collector *

William Fraser, 1st Baron Strathalmond William Milligan Fraser, 1st Baron Strathalmond (3 November 1888 – 1 April 1970) was a Scottish oilman. Fraser served from 1941 to 1954 as the fourth and final chairman of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, and from 1954 to 1956 as the first chai ...

(1888–1970), Scottish businessman and chairman of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company *

William Kerr Fraser Sir William Kerr Fraser (18 March 1929 – 13 September 2018) was a British civil servant, who served as Permanent Secretary at the Scottish Office, and as Principal and later Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. Early life William Kerr Fr ...

(1929–2018), British civil servant and University of Glasgow vice-chancellor *

William Fraser, 3rd Baron Strathalmond William Roberton Fraser, 3rd Baron Strathalmond (born 22 July 1947) is a British hereditary peer. He was educated at Loretto School Loretto School, founded in 1827, is an independent school (UK), independent boarding and day school for boys ...

(born 1947), Scottish peer

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