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4 unusual facts about Alexander Fraser


Alexander Fraser, 11th Lord Saltoun

Alexander Fraser, 11th Lord Saltoun (1604–1693), was a Scottish peer and the 10th Laird of Philorth.

Alexander Fraser, 14th Lord Saltoun

Alexander Fraser (1710–1751) was the 14th Lord Saltoun, and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland.

Company of Select Marksmen

Captain Alexander Fraser of the 34th Regiment, a veteran of the French and Indian War, commanded what became known as the Company of Select Marksmen during the Burgoyne campaign in 1777.

George Buchan Simpson

Simpson supported artistic talent and befriended painters such as William MacTaggart, George Paul Chalmers, W. Q. Orchardson, Sam Bough, James Cassie and Alexander Fraser.


Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough

In 1678 Charles married Carey Fraser, daughter of Sir Alexander Fraser and his wife, Mary Carey (a second cousin of Mordaunt's mother, Elizabeth Carey — making Carey Fraser a third cousin to him).

Frasers of Philorth

In his colorfully expansive three volume history "The Frasers of Philorth", Alexander Fraser of Philorth,


see also

Evan Fraser of Balconie

Captain Evan Baillie Fraser of Balconie was the son of Alexander Fraser of Inchcoulter/Balconie who founded the modern town of Evanton, naming it after his son.