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In both units he had served alongside his cousin Simon Fraser, Master of Lovat (later the 15th Lord Lovat). [9] He was promoted to lieutenant on 29 January 1934. [10] He transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers on 25 January 1936, with seniority in the rank of lieutenant from 29 January 1934. [11]
The regiment was formed in January 1900 for service in the Second Boer War by Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat, Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat, [1] as the Lovat Scouts. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Recruited initially from gamekeepers and professional stalkers on Highland estates, the unit was commanded by the Hon. Andrew David Murray from his appointment by Lord ...
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, 11th Lord Lovat, chief of the Clan Fraser of Lovat, had for a long time held back in committing himself to the Jacobite cause. [1] However, according to historian Christopher Duffy he sent one of his leading clansmen, James Fraser of Foyers, to kidnap Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden who was the leader of the British-Hanoverian cause in the north-east of Scotland. [1]
The Baronial mansion incorporates a private Roman Catholic chapel. [5] The remains of Dounie Castle stand beside the house, and consist of a single wall, 11 metres (36 ft) long and 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) high, with a plaque stating that it is "the ruin of Castle Downie, the ancient stronghold of the Frasers of Lovat, built c. 1400, and destroyed by Cumberland after the battle of Culloden".
Simon Fraser Jr. (25 August 1886 – 11 May 1919) was an Australian sportsman who was an Olympic rower and played high-level Australian rules football. [1] In football he played with Essendon and University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
In a meeting in January 1942, a proposal for the division of acquisition responsibility was presented. Rice formed a Committee on Postwar Competition in Book Purchases. Members of this committee included Archibald MacLeish (Library of Congress), Keyes D. Metcalf, and Robert Downs (future
The story was also adapted as a comic book mini-series, Richard Matheson's Hell House, written by Ian Edginton, with art by Simon Fraser. It was published in 2004 by IDW Publishing and collected as a trade paperback in 2008.