LOVAT. 1G3 Barony [U.K.] J am 12. Thomas Alexander Fraser, of Strichen, I 1837 co " -Aberdeen, cousin and heir male, being s. and h. of Capt. Alexander Fraser, 1st Dragoon Guards (by Amelia .Mary, da. of Barony [S.] John Leslie, of Bukjuluuu), who was s and h. of Alexander F., a. mi l^ri • "f Alexander F. (a Lord of Session, 1730-75), yr. br. of All. 100*. j.,,,,^ |.- («b,> rf. s.p.), both being sons of Alexander F., s. and h. of Thomas F., s. and h. of Thomas F. (who rf. v.p.), s. and h. ap. of Thomas F. (rf. 1845), s. and h. of the lion. Thomas F. (rf. 1612), all being of Strichen afsd., which Thomas was next br. of Hugh, the 6th Lord, being yr. sou of Alexander, -1th Lord Lovat. He was b. 17 June 1802, at Strichen : sue. his father in 1S03, and was (»•,, 28 Jan. 1837,( 1 )BARON LOVAT of Lovat, Co. Inverness. By act of Pari. (17 later* later), 10 July 1854, the attainder of the 11th Lord Lovat was removed trad he became, accordingly, the 12th (he would have been Hth( l >) but for the attainder) LORD LOVAT fS.] He was made K.T., 1S65. He m., 6 Aug. 1823, Charlotte Georgina, 1st da. of George William (Jerxingham), Baron Stafford, by Frances Henrietta, da. and coheir of Edward Sulyahdf.. He rf. at Beaufort Castle, co. Inverness, 23 June 187S, aged 73. His widow, who was b. 8 Oct. 1800, rf. 28 May 1876, aged 75, at Beaufort Castle. Barony [S.] XIII. Barony [U.K.] II. 1 13 and Simon (Fra.=er Lord Lovat J [S.], also Baron Lovat [U.K.], s. and h. ; b. 21 Dec. f 1875 !82S, at Beaufort Castle afsd.; Lieut. Col. of the 2d Batt. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and Aide-de- Cainp to the Quaes ; sue. to the peerage, 28 June 1875. J He »!., 14 Nov. 1806, at the chapel in luce Blundcll Hall, co. Lane, Alice Mary, da. of Thomas Weld- Blcndell, of luce Blundell, by Teresa Mary Kleanora, da. of William Michael Thomas John VaUohaN, of Courtfield. He d. suddeuly on Moy Hall Moor, co. Iuveruess, 6 Sep. 1887, aged 60, and was bur. in Eskadale chapel. His widow living 1892. Barony [S.] XIV. [U.K.] III. ■ 1887. 14 stud 3. Simon Josepii (Fraser), Lord Lovat [8. J, also Baron Lovat [U.K.], 2d but 1st surv. s. and h. ; b. 25 Nov. 1871 ; sue. to the peerage 6 Sep. 1887- Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 1S1.79I acres in Inveruesshire, worth £30,300 a year Principal Residence — Beaufort Castle, near Beauly, Iuverneashire. Lord Lovat is one of the 28 noblemen who, in 1883 possessed above 100,000 acres in the United Kingdom and stands 10th in order of acreage, tho' but 25th in order of income. See a list of these in vol. ii, p. 51, note "a," sub "Buccleuch." Fraser, Master of Lovat. ft. 19 and bap. 30 Oct. 1726, at Kiltarity ; attainted 4 June 1746, but obtained a free pardon in 1750. He became finally Lieut. Gen. in the army, in which he much distinguished himself and obtained (by act of Pari., 24 Geo. III.), subject to a payment of £20,983 restoration of all the family estates. He (who, but for the attainder would have been the 12th Lord Lovat), rf. s.p., 8 Feb. 1782, in Downing street: (2) Hon. Alexander Fraser, 4. 1729 at Kiltarity, rf. num. 7 Aug. 1762 ; (3) Hon. Archibald Campbell Fraser, b. 16 Aug. 1736, who in 1782 inherited the Lovat estates and who would, but for the attainder, have been the 13th Lord Lovat. He (having had no less than six sons) rf. s.p.s., 8 Dec. 1815, when the issue male (not only of his father, but) of his father's great grandfather, Hugh, the 5th Lord, became extinct and the representation of the Barony devolved on Thomas Alexander Fraser, who in 1854 was restored thereto. (») Doubtless the advisers of the Crown were at that date satisfied that he was (as he afterwards was proved to la;) the heir to the Scotch Barony of Lovat. A similar case is the creation of the Barony of W'emyea in 1S21 and of the Earldom of Winton in 1859, both being conferred on persons presumed to be (subject to the reversal of an attainder) entitled to Scotch peerages of the same designation. (b) See p. 162, note "e." M 2
