Fraser Baronets
Encyclopedia
There have been five Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Fraser, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and four in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2007 four of the creations are extinct while one is extant.

The Fraser Baronetcy, of Durris in the County of Kincardine, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 2 August 1673 for Alexander Fraser. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1729.

The Fraser Baronetcy, of Ledeclune in the County of Inverness, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 27 November 1806 for Alexander Fraser. The fourth Baronet was an author and collector and also represented Barnstaple
Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency)
Barnstaple was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Barnstaple in Devon, in the South West of England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member.The constituency...

, Ludlow
Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)
Ludlow is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

 and Kidderminster
Kidderminster (UK Parliament constituency)
Kidderminster was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post voting system.-History:...

 in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

. The fifth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Harborough
Harborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Harborough is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1979.

The Fraser Baronetcy, of Cromarty, and of Vale Avenue in the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 29 June 1921 for Malcolm Fraser
Sir Malcolm Fraser, 1st Baronet
Captain Sir John Malcolm Fraser, 1st Baronet GBE was a British journalist and political adviser.Fraser was born in Hampstead, London. He became a journalist and rose rapidly to become assistant editor of The Standard...

. He was Editor of the Evening Standard
Evening Standard
The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...

and Day Editor of the Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...

and also held the honorary post of Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baronet, in 1991.

The Fraser Baronetcy, of Tain in the County of Ross, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 12 July 1943 for John Fraser. He was Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...

 and Honorary Surgeon to His Majesty the King in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. As of 2007 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1997.

The Fraser Baronetcy, of Dineiddwg in the County of Stirling, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 19 January 1961. For more information on this creation, see the Baron Fraser of Allander
Baron Fraser of Allander
Baron Fraser of Allander, of Dineiddwg in the County of Stirling, was a title in the United Kingdom. It was created in 1964 for the Scottish businessman and philanthropist Sir Hugh Fraser, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Dineiddwg in the County of Stirling, in the Baronetage...

.

Fraser Baronets, of Durris (1673)

  • Sir Alexander Fraser, 1st Baronet (c. 1607-1681)
  • Sir Peter Fraser, 2nd Baronet (d. 1729)

Fraser Baronets, of Ledeclune (1806)

  • Sir William Fraser, 1st Baronet (d. 1818)
  • Sir William Fraser, 2nd Baronet (1787-1827)
  • Sir James John Fraser, 3rd Baronet (d. 1834)
  • Sir William Augustus Fraser, 4th Baronet
    Sir William Fraser, 4th Baronet
    Sir William Augustus Fraser, 4th Baronet of Leadclune , English politician, author and collector, was born the son of Sir James Fraser, a colonel of the 7th Hussars, who had served on Wellington's staff at Waterloo....

     (1826-1898)
  • Sir Keith Alexander Fraser, 5th Baronet (1867-1935)
  • Sir Keith Charles Adolphus Fraser, 6th Baronet (1911-1979)

Fraser Baronets, of Cromarty and Vale Avenue (1921)

  • Sir John Malcolm Fraser, 1st Baronet
    Sir Malcolm Fraser, 1st Baronet
    Captain Sir John Malcolm Fraser, 1st Baronet GBE was a British journalist and political adviser.Fraser was born in Hampstead, London. He became a journalist and rose rapidly to become assistant editor of The Standard...

     (1878-1949)
  • Sir Basil Malcolm Fraser, 2nd Baronet (1920-1992)

Fraser Baronets, of Tain (1943)

  • Sir John Fraser, 1st Baronet (1885-1947)
  • Sir James David Fraser, 2nd Baronet (1924-1997)
  • Sir Iain Michael Duncan Fraser, 3rd Baronet (b. 1951)
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK