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James John Fraser

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Sir James Fraser, Bt
Personal details
Born
James John Fraser

1789
Died5 June 1834(1834-06-05) (aged 44–45)
Uddens House, Dorsetshire
Spouse
Charlotte Anne Craufurd
(died 1834)
Parent(s)Sir William Fraser, 1st Baronet
Elizabeth Farquharson
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
RankLieutenant-Colonel
Unit7th Hussars
Battles/warsPeninsular War
Waterloo Campaign

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James John Fraser, 3rd Baronet (1789 – 5 June 1834) was a lieutenant-colonel in the British Army (1828).

Early life

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Fraser, who was born in 1789, was the second son of Sir William Fraser, 1st Baronet, F.R.S., and Elizabeth Farquharson (a daughter of merchant James Farquharson, of London).[1]

He was descended from Alexander Fraser, second son of Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat.[1]

Career

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On the death of his brother Sir William Fraser, 2nd Baronet, on 23 December 1827, he succeeded to the baronetcy which had been created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom for his father in 1806.[2]

Fraser served with the 7th Hussars in Spain during the Peninsular War, and was on the staff of the Duke of Wellington during the Waterloo Campaign.[3]

Personal life

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Fraser was married to Charlotte Anne Craufurd (d. 1867), a daughter of Daniel Craufurd (a son of Sir Alexander Craufurd, 1st Baronet) and Bridget Holland (a daughter of Henry Holland). Together, they were the parents of:[1]

He died on 5 June 1834, at his seat, Uddens House, Dorsetshire, after a short illness, aged 45,[2] leaving a widow and three sons. There are memorial inscriptions to Fraser in All Saints' Church, Langton Long Blandford, at Wimborne Minster, Dorset and on the family memorial tablet in Boleskine Old Churchyard, Drumtemple, Invernesshire.[4] After his death, his widow married Sir Ralph Howard, 1st Baronet, in July 1837.[1]

Descendants

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Photograph of his granddaughter, Helena, Countess of Stadbroke (née Helena Violet Alice Fraser), 1902

Through his youngest son James, he was a grandfather of Helena Violet Alice Fraser (who married George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke), Sir Keith Fraser, 5th Baronet (who married Lady Dorothy Coventry, a daughter of the 9th Earl of Coventry), and Capt. Hugh Craufurd Keith-Fraser (who married Dorothy Villiers, a daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Hyde Villiers).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, pp. 946-947.
  2. ^ a b Urban, Sylvanus (September 1834). "Sir J. J. Fraser, Bart". The Gentleman's Magazine. E. Cave: 316. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b Anderson, William (1867). The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland. A. Fullarton & Company. p. 316. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  4. ^ Bromley, Janet; Bromley, David (2015). Wellington's Men Remembered Volume 1: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo- Volume I: A to L. Pen and Sword. p. 1954. ISBN 978-1-4738-5768-1.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Fraser
Baronet
(of Ledeclune)
1827–1834
Succeeded by