John Bissett, Lord of Lovat (died 1260) was a Scottish nobleman.
John Bissett, Lord of Lovat (died 1260) was a Scottish nobleman.
His father John, Lord of the Aird fled to Ireland and then to England, with his uncle Walter Byset, Lord of Aboyne after Walter and John had been complicit in the murder of Padraig, Earl of Atholl after a tournament at Haddington in 1242. [1]
He died without surviving male issue. His lands were divided between his co-heiresses:
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, nicknamed the Fox, was a Scottish Jacobite and Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat, known for his feuding and changes of allegiance.
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