Abt 1667 - 1747 (~ 80 years)
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| Name |
Simon (11th Lord Lovat) Fraser |
| Birth |
Abt 1667 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
9 Apr 1747 |
Executed On Tower Hill  |
| Person ID |
I129187 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
8 Nov 2022 |
| Family 1 |
Margaret Grant d. 1729 |
| Marriage |
Dec 1716 |
- With Lovat's forced marriage with Amelia Murray in 1697 conveniently being forgotten, he married Margaret Grant in 1717. This marriage, "the most successful of Lovat's matrimonial experiences", produced three girls (Georgina, Janet, Sibyl) and two boys (Simon and Alexander). Simon, born 1726, became Master of Lovat. Margaret died in 1729 and he married the 23 year old Primrose Campbell four years later. This produced one child, Archibald, but the marriage was not a happy one and they separated in 1738.
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| Children |
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| Family ID |
F50363 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
8 Nov 2022 |
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| Notes |
- (Research):Is this the same man?
Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, was the tenth (?) Lord and when a mere boy recruited and equipped 300, calmly allowing (?) that he needed a good body of fighting men at his back, so that he could make terms with King William, or take over to St. Germain what would make him welcome to King James ! He seized on the the widow of his kinsman, Amelia, Lady Lovat, daughter of the Marquis of Atholl, and carried her to a wayside inn, where he compelled a priest to read the marriage service and ordered his pipers to drown her screams with their skirling ! For this outrageous act he was was condemned to death - in his absence, for he coolly refused to stand trial and managed to evade arrest. His Clan was devoted to him and it is said that his unfortunate wife, in spite of his brutality, ended by loving him dearly. He betrayed King William to King James, King Louis to Queen Anne. He was doubly treacherous to Cosroyne (?) who trusted him: and Louis XIV, discovering this sent him to the Bastille.
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