Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat and 2nd Baron Lovat, DL (21 December 1828 – 6 September 1887) was a British nobleman, landowner, and soldier. He was the 22nd Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat in the Scottish Highlands, and responsible for overseeing the reconstruction of Beaufort Castle.
In 1866, Lord Lovat married Alice Maria Weld-Blundell, the fifth daughter of Thomas Weld-Blundell and his wife Teresa Maria Eleanora Vaughan.[10][11] They had nine children, including:[1]
Simon Thomas Joseph Fraser (1867–1868), who died young.[1]
Mary Laura Fraser (1869–1946), who married John Scott, Viscount Encombe (1870–1900), eldest son and heir apparent of John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon, and had issue.[1]
Alice Mary Charlotte Fraser (1870–1958), who married Bernard Constable-Maxwell, son of William Constable-Maxwell, 10th Lord Herries of Terregles, and had issue.[1]
Muriel Mary Rose Fraser (1884–1989), who became a Catholic nun.[1]
Lord Lovat died in September 1887, aged 58, while shooting on the moors of Inverness.[13] He was succeeded by his son Simon, who became the 14th Lord Lovat. Lady Lovat survived her husband by over fifty years and died in 1938, aged 92.[1]
Descendants
Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of John Scott, 4th Earl of Eldon. Through his daughter Alice, he was a grandfather of World War I flying ace Gerald Maxwell. Through his daughter Margaret, he was a grandfather of Special Air Service co-founder Sir David Stirling.[9]
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^ abKidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]