The Lordship of Fraser was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 29 June 1633. when granted by letters patent to Andrew Fraser and his male descendants.[1][2] The peerage expired in 1720, with the death of the 4th Lord Fraser, as a result of his participation in The Fifteen.[3]

Portrait of Andrew Fraser, 1st Lord Fraser painted by George Jamesone.

Lords Fraser (1633)

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Jacobite peerage

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The 4th Lord Fraser's wife Margaret, née Erskine, had previously been married to Simon Fraser of Inverallochy. Margaret and Simon's grandson Charles Fraser of Inverallochy was created Lord Fraser of Muchalls in the Jacobite peerage on 20 July 1723.

References

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  1. ^ MacVeigh, James (1 April 1889). "Dal-Mac".
  2. ^ Hewlett, William Oxenham (1 April 1882). Notes on Dignities in the Peerage of Scotland which are Dormant Or which Have Been Forfeited. Wildy and sons. p. 45 – via Internet Archive. Lordship of Fraser was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 29 June 1633.
  3. ^ McAndrew, Bruce A. (1 April 2018). Scotland's Historic Heraldry. Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843832614.
  4. ^ McAndrew, Bruce A. (1 April 2018). Scotland's Historic Heraldry. Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843832614.
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