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]
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.
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The Frasers of Inverallochy descend from Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat, 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. 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.
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Lordship of Fraser was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 29 June 1633.
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