Sir James John Fraser, 3rd Baronet of Leadclune

Baronet of Leadclune

The Baronetcy of Ledeclune in the county of Inverness, Scotland was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 27 November 1806 for Alexander Fraser. The third Baronet served with the 7th Hussars in Spain during the Peninsular War, and was on the staff of the Duke of Wellington during the...

 (1789–1834) was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army (1828).

Fraser was descended from Alexander Fraser, second son of Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat

Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat

Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat , was a Scottish peer, and the Chief of the Clan Fraser.Fraser was the son of Thomas Fraser, 5th laird of Lovat, and Lady Janet Dunbar. His grandfather, Hugh Fraser , was one of the hostages for the ransom of King James I of Scotland in 1424...

 (1426), and was the second son of Sir William 1st Baronet, F.R.S. by Elizabeth, daughter of James Farquharson, esq., merchant, of London; and succeeded to the title, 23 December 1827, on the death of his brother Sir William Fraser, 2nd Baronet.

Fraser served with the 7th Hussars

7th Queen's Own Hussars

The 7th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first formed in 1690. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Own Hussars in 1958....

 in Spain during the Peninsular War

Peninsular War

The Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...

, and was on the staff of the Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...

 during the Waterloo Campaign. He died on 5 June 1834, at his seat, Uddens House, Dorsetshire, after a short illness, aged 45, leaving a widow and three sons.

The eldest son, Sir William 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....

 was born in 1826, graduated B.A. and M.A. at Christ church, Oxford, and in 1847 was appointed an officer in the 1st Life Guards, and subsequently captain. In 1852 and 1857 he was the Member of Parliament for 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...

. His brother, Charles Craufurd, was a Lieutenant-Colonel 11th Hussars

11th Hussars

The 11th Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army.-History:The regiment was founded in 1715 as Colonel Philip Honeywood's Regiment of Dragoons and was known by the name of its Colonel until 1751 when it became the 11th Regiment of Dragoons...

, V.C.

Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

 1861, was at one time aide-de-camp

Aide-de-camp

An aide-de-camp is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state...

to the lord-lieutenant of Ireland, and highly distinguished himself in India. The youngest brother, James Keith, was in 1860 a captain first life guards.