| James Fraser | |
| Birth Name: | James William Fraser |
| Birth Date: | 30 May 1859 |
| Birth Place: | Kingston upon Hull, England |
| Death Place: | Kingston upon Hull, England |
| Ru Position: | Forward |
| Ru Amateuryears: | – |
| Ru Amateurclubs: | Edinburgh Institution F.P. |
| Ru Nationalteam: | Scotland |
| Ru Nationalyears: | 1881 |
| Ru Nationalcaps: | 1 |
| Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
James Fraser was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
He played for Edinburgh Institution F.P.[2]
He was capped just the once for Scotland, in 1881.[3]
Fraser became a doctor.[4] He became the first full time medical officer to the Hull Education Authority.[5] He maintained that post till he retired in 1926.[6]
He was greatly interested in the Hull Subscription Library. He was also very involved with the youth of the city, and was a chairman of the local Young People's Institute.[6]
He was the eldest son of Evan Fraser (1826–1906), a Scottish doctor from Duddingston; and Sarah Hewat (born 1829) from Portobello.[4] Evan Fraser and Sarah Hewat moved to Hull shortly after their marriage in 1858 – and he became chairman of the Hull Health committee. The Evan Fraser hospital in Hull bore his name. The hospital specialised in infectious diseases; notably smallpox.[7] James was one of five children the couple had.
James Fraser married Rose Thorney in 1883. Miss Thorney was the daughter of the Hull city coroner.[6] They had a daughter, Dorothy, in 1885. James outlived his wife, who died in 1927, and his daughter, who died in 1941. He died in the Victoria Nursing Home in 1943, leaving £7,511 and 2 shillings in his estate.[8]