Lord Fraser

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{{distinguish|text=Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Lord Fraser of Lonsdale, Lord Fraser of North Cape, or Lord Fraser of Tullybelton}}

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The Lordship of Fraser was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 29 June 1633.

when granted by letters patent to Andrew Fraser and his male descendants.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W3NEAQAAMAAJ&q=Lordship+of+Fraser+was+created+in+the+Peerage+of+Scotland+on+29+June+1633.&pg=PA261|title=Dal-Mac|first=James|last=MacVeigh|date=1 April 1889}}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/notesondignities00hewluoft|page=[https://archive.org/details/notesondignities00hewluoft/page/45 45]|quote=Lordship of Fraser was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 29 June 1633.|title=Notes on Dignities in the Peerage of Scotland which are Dormant Or which Have Been Forfeited|first=William Oxenham|last=Hewlett|date=1 April 1882|publisher=Wildy and sons|via=Internet Archive}}

The peerage expired in 1720, with the death of the 4th Lord Fraser, as a result of his participation in The Fifteen.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hm5mAAAAMAAJ&q=peerage+expired+in+1720,+with+the+death+of+the+4th+Lord+Fraser|title=Scotland's Historic Heraldry|first=Bruce A.|last=McAndrew|date=1 April 2018|publisher=Boydell Press|isbn=9781843832614}}

Lords Fraser (1633)

Jacobite peerage

The 4th Lord Fraser's wife Margaret, née Erskine, had previously been married to Simon Fraser of Inverallochy. Margaret and Simon's grandson Charles Fraser of Inverallochy was created Lord Fraser of Muchalls in the Jacobite peerage on 20 July 1723.

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