John Simon Frederick Fraser

Lieutenant-Colonel John Simon Frederick Fraser (1765–1803), also referred to as Simon Fraser, the younger of Lovat, commanded the Fraser Fencibles in Ireland and was Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Inverness-shire from 1796 to 1802.

Biography

Simon Fraser was the eldest son of Archibald Fraser 20th MacShimidh (1736–1815) and Jane, daughter of William Fraser. He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 4 July 1786 and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1789 and the Inner Temple in 1793.

He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fraser Fencibles, and saw service in Ireland during the Irish rebellion of 1798. This regiment was raised in 1794 by James Fraser of Balladrum (who had served in the 78th Fraser Highlanders under Lieutenant-General Simon Fraser). It disbanded in 1802.

Fraser was a Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire from 1796 to 1802, and died before his father, unmarried, in Lisbon on 6 April 1803. He had an illegitimate son.

References

• Chichester, Henry Manners (1889). "Fraser, Archibald Campbell" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 20. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 206–207.
• Clyde, Robert (2004). "Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat (1736–1815): John Simon Frederick Fraser". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10125. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Further reading

• Fisher, David R. (1986), "MacLeod, Roderick (1786-1853), of Cadboll and Invergordon Castle, Ross and Cromarty", in Thorne, R. (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, Cambridge University Press