Alexander Fraser, 13th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy

Biographical Summary

"Alexander Fraser, third Lord Saltoun of the Fraser line and twelfth from the first creation, born about 1684. He was educated at the University of Oxford, where he matriculated in 1703. Sir Robert Sibbald writing of him to a Mr. Lluyd, on 10 July of that year, says, ' The youth is ingenuous and well natured, and I hope shall be an honour to his country.' When a boy of thirteen he was betrothed to Amelia, the heiress of Lovat, but owing to the intervention of Simon, Lord Lovat of notorious memory, the engagement was broken off. After succeeding to the title, he appears to have taken an active part in politics, and to have frequently attended the election of Representative Peers. He was a supporter of the Hanoverian Government, but took no active part in public affairs. He died on 24 July 1748, at the age of sixty-four.

He married, on 26 October 1707, Mary, daughter of George, first Earl of Aberdeen, by whom he had three sons and two daughters :

• Alexander, Master of Saltoun, who succeeded him.
• William, was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates on 18 December 1736, 2 and died unmarried 22 November 1748.
• George, succeeded his brother, Alexander.
• Ann, died unmarried 18 April 1807, at Fraserburgh.
• Sophia, died unmarried 4 April 1784, at Fraserburgh."

SOURCE: The Scots peerage, Vol. VII, page 445

Александр Фрейзер, третий лорд Салтоун из линии Фрейзеров и двенадцатый от первого творения, родился около 1684 года. Он получил образование в Оксфордском университете, куда он поступил в 1703 году. Сэр Роберт Сиббальд писал о нем мистеру Ллуиду на 10 июля того же года говорится: «Юноша простодушен и добродушен, и я надеюсь, что он будет честью для его страны». Когда мальчиком тринадцати лет он был обручен с Амелией, наследницей Ловата, но из-за вмешательства Саймона, лорда Ловата с известной памятью, помолвка была разорвана. После того, как он унаследовал титул, он, похоже, принял активное участие в политике и часто присутствовал на выборах пэров. Он был сторонником ганноверского правительства, но не принимал активного участия в государственных делах. Умер 24 июля 1748 года в возрасте шестидесяти четырех лет.

26 октября 1707 года он женился на Марии, дочери Джорджа, первого графа Абердина, от которого у них родились три сына и две дочери:

Aleksandr Freyzer, tretiy lord Saltoun iz linii Freyzerov i dvenadtsatyy ot pervogo tvoreniya, rodilsya okolo 1684 goda. On poluchil obrazovaniye v Oksfordskom universitete, kuda on postupil v 1703 godu. Ser Robert Sibbal'd pisal o nem misteru Lluidu na 10 iyulya togo zhe goda govoritsya: «Yunosha prostodushen i dobrodushen, i ya nadeyus', chto on budet chest'yu dlya yego strany». Kogda mal'chikom trinadtsati let on byl obruchen s Ameliyey, naslednitsey Lovata, no iz-za vmeshatel'stva Saymona, lorda Lovata s izvestnoy pamyat'yu, pomolvka byla razorvana. Posle togo, kak on unasledoval titul, on, pokhozhe, prinyal aktivnoye uchastiye v politike i chasto prisutstvoval na vyborakh perov. On byl storonnikom gannoverskogo pravitel'stva, no ne prinimal aktivnogo uchastiya v gosudarstvennykh delakh. Umer 24 iyulya 1748 goda v vozraste shestidesyati chetyrekh let.

26 oktyabrya 1707 goda on zhenilsya na Marii, docheri Dzhordzha, pervogo grafa Aberdina, ot kotorogo u nikh rodilis' tri syna i dve docheri: Ещё Больше информации об этом исходном текстеЧтобы получить дополнительную информацию, введите исходный текст Отправить отзыв Боковые панели

Biographical Summary

"Alexander Fraser, third Lord Saltoun of the Fraser line and twelfth from the first creation, born about 1684. He was educated at the University of Oxford, where he matriculated in 1703. Sir Robert Sibbald writing of him to a Mr. Lluyd, on 10 July of that year, says, ' The youth is ingenuous and well natured, and I hope shall be an honour to his country.' When a boy of thirteen he was betrothed to Amelia, the heiress of Lovat, but owing to the intervention of Simon, Lord Lovat of notorious memory, the engagement was broken off. After succeeding to the title, he appears to have taken an active part in politics, and to have frequently attended the election of Representative Peers. He was a supporter of the Hanoverian Government, but took no active part in public affairs. He died on 24 July 1748, at the age of sixty-four.

He married, on 26 October 1707, Mary, daughter of George, first Earl of Aberdeen, by whom he had three sons and two daughters :

• Alexander, Master of Saltoun, who succeeded him.
• William, was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates on 18 December 1736, 2 and died unmarried 22 November 1748.
• George, succeeded his brother, Alexander.
• Ann, died unmarried 18 April 1807, at Fraserburgh.
• Sophia, died unmarried 4 April 1784, at Fraserburgh."

SOURCE: The Scots peerage, Vol. VII, page 445