Katharine Fraser, Mistress of Saltoun, DL

Lord Lieutenant

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 (born 11 October 1957) is the daughter of Captain Alexander Ramsay of Mar

Alexander Ramsay of Mar

Captain Alexander Arthur Alfonso David Maule Ramsay of Mar was the only child of HRH Princess Patricia of Connaught, who renounced her royal title and style when she married then-Captain the Hon. Alexander Ramsay in February 1919...

 and Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun

Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun

Marjorie Flora Fraser, 21st Lady SaltounIt has recently been determined that Margaret Abernethy succeeded her brother, Alexander Abernethy, 9th Lord Saltoun in 1668, but only survived him by about 6 weeks and had not been counted in the title's numbering. This new information has resulted in the...

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Biography

She was born Katharine Ingrid Mary Isabel Ramsay in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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, Scotland

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. Her mother, Lady Saltoun, is the suo jure Lady Saltoun

Lord Saltoun

Lord Saltoun, of Abernethy, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1445 for Sir Lawrence Abernethy. The title remained in the Abernethy family until the death in 1669 of his great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter, the tenth Lady Saltoun. She was succeeded by her cousin...

 and the Chief of the name and arms of Fraser. Her father was great-grandson of Queen Victoria through his mother Princess Patricia of Connaught

Princess Patricia of Connaught

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As the eldest daughter without any brothers, Fraser is the heiress-presumptive to the Chiefship and the Lordship held by her mother. Since one cannot become the chief of a clan without taking the clan's surname, Lord Lyon King of Arms

Lord Lyon King of Arms

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 recognized her use of the surname Fraser in 1973.

On 20 April 2005, Fraser was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 of Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire

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Marriage and children

In February, 1980, the engagement between Fraser and Captain Mark Malise Nicolson (b. 29 September 1954) was announced. Fraser and Captain Nicolson married on 3 May 1980. They have three children:

• Louise Alexandra Patricia Nicolson (formerly Fraser) (born 2 September 1984)
• Juliet Victoria Katharine Nicolson (born 3 March 1988)
• Alexander William Malise Fraser (born 5 July 1990)

As Katharine's heir-apparent, Alexander bears the surname "Fraser". Her eldest daughter Louise also bore that surname until Alexander's birth. Fraser continues to use her clan surname after marriage.

Ancestry