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Fraser speaking at Chatham House, September 2015. Sir Simon James Fraser GCMG (born 3 June 1958) [1] is a British former diplomat who served as the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from August 2010 to July 2015, [2] having served as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills from May 2009 to August 2010.
Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, Master of Lovat and 15th Lord Lovat (9 July 1911 – 16 March 1995), was the son and eldest child of Simon Joseph Fraser, 14th Baron Lovat (25 November 1871 – 18 February 1933), and the Hon. Laura Lister (12
Lord Lovat is the son of Simon Fraser, Master of Lovat, and his wife, Virginia (née Grose).He is the grandson of the 15th Lord Lovat.He has two older sisters, Violet (b. 1972) and Honor (b. 1973), and one younger brother, John (b. 1984).
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, c. 1667 – 9 April 1747, [a] was a Scottish clan chief and head of Clan Fraser of Lovat.Convicted of high treason for his role in the Jacobite rising of 1745, he was the last man in Britain to be executed by beheading.
Simon Fraser of Lovat (19 October 1726 – 8 February 1782) was a son of a notorious Jacobite clan chief, but he went on to serve with distinction in the British army. He also raised forces which served in the Seven Years' War against the French in Quebec , as well as the American Revolutionary War .
The Jacobite Simon Fraser–formally known as 11th Lord Lovat, and informally known as “The Old Fox”–is one of the characters in Outlander who is based on a real historical figure. Despite ...
The Lordship of Lovat has for some time been linked to the Chiefship of Clan Fraser of Lovat.The former family seat was Beaufort Castle in northern Scotland.The numbering of the Scottish Lordship used by Clan Fraser of Lovat differs from the legal numbering in that it ignores the attainder of 1747–1854, with the result that the 16th Lord is termed by them "18th Lord Lovat".
Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat and 2nd Baron Lovat, DL (21 December 1828 – 6 September 1887) was a Scottish 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 .