Alexander Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun
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| predecessor2 = Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
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| birth_date = 8 August 1851
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| death_date = 19 June 1933
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Alexander William Frederick Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun {{postnominals|country=GBR|CMG}} (8 August 1851 – 19 June 1933) was a Scottish representative peer, military officer, and freemason.
Biography
He was born on 8 August 1851 as the son of Alexander Fraser, 18th Lord Saltoun.
Lord Saltoun served in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer,The Times, Saturday, 19 December 1885; p. 12 He was a Freemason and the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1897 to 1900.{{cite book |last1=Logan |first1=Norma Davies |title=Drink and Society: Scotland 1870–1914: thesis presented for the Degree of Ph.D. of the University of Glasgow |date=October 1983 |page=246-247 |url=https://theses.gla.ac.uk/712/1/1993loganphd.pdf |access-date=3 August 2024}}
On 7 July 1885,St George Hanover Square – 3rd Qtr 1885, Vol. 1a, p. 747. 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)Burke's Peerage.
- Lieutenant Hon. Simon Fraser, Gordon Highlanders (born 1888, killed in action 29 October 1914).
- Brigadier Hon. William Fraser (1890–1964[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/summary/fr10-001.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives])
- Hon. Mary Alexandra Fraser (born 1891), married:
::(1) Lieutenant-Commander John Codrington (died November 1918)
::(2) Major Arthur Ramsay
Lord Saltoun died on 19 June 1933.
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