The Frasers of Inverallochy descend from Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat (c. 1572–1633), and are one branch of the Clan Fraser of Lovat, who hail from Inverallochy. Simon was Sheriff of Inverness, and married twice. The Frasers of Lovat descend from this first marriage, while the Frasers of Inverallochy descend from a second marriage, through a son, Simon Fraser of Inverallochy.[1] This Simon Fraser, 1st of Inverallochy, had a great-grandson, Charles Fraser, 6th of Inverallochy, who was created Lord Fraser of Muchall by James Francis Edward Stuart, known to Jacobites as King James VIII of Scotland, in the Jacobite Peerage of Scotland.[2]
References
edit- ^ Frasers of Inverallochy. Baronage Press. Retrieved 13 March 2007
- ^ Charles' son, Charles the Younger of Inverallochy, died at the Battle of Culloden, where he led the Frasers in the absence of the chief, Simon "the Fox" Fraser who was not active in the campaign, and his son Simon Fraser of Lovat, who was en route to the battlefield, but arrived too late to participate, the battle having already been lost.