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Stuff from Clan Fraser
editI've commenced transfering data which is more relevant to the Frasers of Philorth here, from the Clan Fraser page. I shall integrate it into this article when I have time, and have developed somewhat of a structure for the History section.
The 11th Lord Saltoun was severely wounded at the Battle of Worcester in 1651, but survived thanks to his servant, James Cardno, who rescued him from the battlefield, hiding and nursing him until he finally got his master home to Fraserburgh.
In 1666, Alexander built a house a mile from Fraserburgh which he called Philorth House, where the family lived until it was burned down in 1915. Sir Alexander Fraser of Durris was personal physician to Charles II. He was educated at Aberdeen and soon acquired a reputation for general scholarship but particularly in medicine. He accompanied the king throughout his campaign in 1650, but seems to have been unpopular with some of the more extreme Covenanters because of his progressive scientific opinions. After The Restoration in 1660, he sat in the Parliament of Scotland, although he was still prominent enough in court circles to feature in the diaries of Samuel Pepys. He died in 1681.