1785 - 1853 (68 years)
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| Name |
Alexander (17th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy) Fraser |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Suffix |
KT GCH KCB |
| Birth |
22 Apr 1785 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
18 Jul 1853 |
Rothes, Scotland  |
| Burial |
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Person ID |
I190415 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
5 Dec 2021 |
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| Notes |
- Ensign, 35th Foot 1802 ; Lieut, 35th Foot 1802; Lieut, 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot 1803; Lieut and Capt, 1st Foot (Grenadier) Guards 1804; served in Sicily 1806-07; a Representative Peer for Scotland (Tory) 1807-53; served in the Peninsula 1808-09 and fought at Corunna; in the Walcheran expedition 1809; at Cadiz 1811; took part in the Battles of the Nivelle, the Nive and Bayonne; Capt and Lt Col 1813; commanded the light companies of the Guards at Quatre Bras and Waterloo 1815, where he highly distinguished himself in the defence of Hougoumont; CB 1815; ADC to the King 1825-37; GCH 1837; Maj Gen 1837; commanded a brigade in the war with China 1841-44, for which he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament; KCB 1842; Lieut Gen 1846; Col, 55th Foot 1846 and 2nd Foot, 1846-53; Knight of the Thistle 1852
He was succeeded by his nephew, Alexander, who married 25 Apr 1849 Charlotte Evans (d. 11 Jun 1890), 2nd dau. of Thomas Browne Evans, of Deen House, co. Oxford, and North Tuddenham, co. Norfolk, by his wife Charlotte Simeon, 2nd dau. of Sir John Godin Simeon, 1st Bt., MP
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