Alexander Andrew Macdonell Fraser, Baron Fraser of Corriegarth (2 December 1946 – 6 February 2021) was a British banker, treasurer of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom and was a member of the House of Lords. He was described variously as a "stockbroker" or an "investment banker".[1][2]
Fraser was also Head of Equities at Barings Bank in 1995, when it collapsed after £827 million losses resulting from poor speculative investments carried out by Nick Leeson.[5]
He was made a life peer in 2016 as part of David Cameron's Resignation Honours list.[6] On the morning of 31 August 2016 he was created Baron Fraser of Corriegarth, of Corriegarth in the County of Inverness. He was married to Rebecca (née Shaw-Mackenzie, formerly Ramsay), they have two daughters and three sons between them, and split their time between London and The Highlands, from where his title derives.[7]
He died on 6 February 2021, from a brain tumour, at the age of 74.[8][9]