Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Fraser of Lovat

Not the son of Hugh Fraser, 5th of Lovat & Janet Dunbar

Hugh Lovat (born c. 1436 - died c. 1500/1501) was summoned to Parliament as Lord Fraser of Lovat sometime between 1456 and 1464. According to James Balfour Paul, Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat died before 14 October 1501.

Biography

Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat at Wikipedia

According to James Balfour Paul's 1908 volume 5 of The Scots Peerage, Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat was the son of Thomas Fraser of Lovat but it is not known who Thomas's wife was. Hugh succeeded his father before May 1455 and as a minor was put under the care of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray (d. 1455).[1]

Bernard Burke, in his 1869 A Genealogical And Heraldic Dictionary of The Peerage And Baronetage of The British Empire, designates the same Hugh Fraser as the “3rd Lord Lovat” and says that he was the son of Hugh Fraser, 2nd Lord Lovat and his wife who was a sister of David Wemyss "Of that Ilk", and the grandson of Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat (died 1440) and his wife Janet who was a sister of William Fenton "Of that Ilk".[2]

The family tree published by the modern Clan Fraser of Lovat organization agrees with James Balfour Paul in designating him as Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat and that he was the son of Thomas Fraser of Lovat.[3]

Burke stated that he married Lady Margaret, daughter of the Earl of Glamis and was succeeded by his son, Thomas Fraser, 4th of Lovat.[2] However, according to James Balfour Paul, Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat married Violetta, daughter of Patrick Lyon, 1st Lord Glamis (d. 1459) and they had the following children:[1]

1. Thomas Fraser, 2nd Lord Lovat (heir and successor).
2. Margaret Fraser, married Hector de Kilmalew and had a son, Alexander.
3. Egidia Fraser, who married Ferquhard Mackintosh, 12th of Mackintosh.

The modern Clan Fraser of Lovat organization states that Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat also had a son called Hugh Fraser from who descend the cadet branches, the Frasers of Fairfield, Merkinch, Aberchalder, Foyers, Kinmonarie, and Dunchea.[3]

Children of Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Fraser of Lovat not supported by the modern Clan Fraser of Lovat have been detached and attached to N.N. Fraser: Agnes Fraser; Anne Fraser; John Fraser; Janet Fraser; Alexander Fraser, 1st of Farraline

Hugh Fraser, Lord Fraser of Lovat (C. 1440-1500)

Hugh Fraser, eventually the 6th Lord of Lovat, was a minor when his father died. He became a legal ward of Patrick Lyon, 1st Lord Glamis, whose daughter, Violet Lyon, Hugh would eventually marry.

Hugh led a rather illustrious life through his 60 or more years. For his service to the Scottish crown, King James II and III, he received many honors and grants of land. The Frasers of Lovat were getting richer and more powerful with each generation. The pinnacle of his life was when King James III raised him to the Peerage, the hereditary rank of Lord of Parliament thereafter designating him and his successors as Lords Fraser of Lovat. Hereafter, the Frasers of Lovat would play an increasingly prominent role in the political and social life of Scotland.

Hugh and Violet had three sons, Thomas the heir, Hugh and John followed by three daughters: Margaret, Agnes, and Egidia.

From Clan Fraser in Scottish History

References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Fraser,_1st_Lord_Lovat cites
   1. Paul, James Balfour (1908). "Fraser, Lord Fraser of Lovat". The Scots Peerage; Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical And Genealogical Account of The Nobility of That Kingdom. Vol. V. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 522-523. Retrieved 19 February 2022. < Archive.Org >
   2. Burke, Bernard (1869). A Genealogical And Heraldic Dictionary of The Peerage And Baronetage of The British Empire. 59 Pall Mall, London: Harrison. p. 712. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
   3. "Clan Fraser in Scottish History" (PDF). clanfraser.org. Retrieved 19 February 2022. < PDF >
   4. Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press.
   5. http://www.fraserchief.co.uk/history.html
   6. http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/lovat1457.htm
2. MacKenzie, Alexander. "History of the Frasers of Lovat, with Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name to which is Added Those of Dunballoch and Phopachy", Inverness: A & W Mackenzie,1896, < Archive.org >, p. 57
3. http://www.thepeerage.com/p39239.htm#i392382 cites
   1. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2412. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
   2. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VIII, page 186. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
   3. [S37] BP2003. [S37]
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Lovat