Alexander Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun explained

Alexander William Frederick Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun (8 August 1851 – 19 June 1933), a Scottish representative peer,^[1] was the son of Alexander Fraser, 18th Lord Saltoun.

He was a Freemason and the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1897 to 1900.^[2]

On 7 July 1885,^[3] he married Mary Helena Grattan-Bellew and they had five children:

• Alexander Arthur Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun (1886–1979)
• Rear-Admiral Hon. George Fraser, RN (born 1887)^[4]
• Lieutenant Hon. Simon Fraser, Gordon Highlanders (born 1888, killed in action 29 October 1914).^[4]
• Brigadier Hon. William Fraser (1890–1964^[5])
• Hon. Mary Alexandra Fraser (born 1891), married:^[4]

(1) Lieutenant-Commander John Codrington (died November 1918)

(2) Major Arthur Ramsay

Notes and References

1. The Times, Saturday, 19 December 1885; p. 12
2. Book: Logan . Norma Davies . Drink and Society: Scotland 1870–1914: thesis presented for the Degree of Ph.D. of the University of Glasgow . October 1983 . 246-247 . 3 August 2024.
3. St George Hanover Square – 3rd Qtr 1885, Vol. 1a, p. 747.
4. Burke's Peerage.
5. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/summary/fr10-001.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives