Lord Lovat

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Coat of arms of Lord Lovat

Lord Lovat is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .

The historic family seat of the Lords was Beaufort Castle near Beauly in the north of Scotland , which was sold in 1994. The proceeds were used to pay off accrued debts.

History of the title

Award

The title was created between 1458 and 1464 by Letters patent for Hugh Fraser, the chief of Clan Fraser .

Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat

Revocation of the title

The son of the 10th Lord Lovat, Simon Fraser , kidnapped the 9th Lord's daughter in 1697 to force her to marry him. Her maternal family, the Clan Murray , managed to have Fraser flee and was sentenced to death by the Parliament ( Bill of Attainder ) and his title was forfeited. After initially supporting the Jacobites in the Jacobite Revolt of 1715 , he suddenly switched sides and captured Inverness Castle for the crown. He was completely pardoned for this on March 10, 1716 and reinstated in his title in 1730. Only 17 years later, however, Fraser was revoked his title; now he was actually convicted of high treason and executed after he had supported the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 .

His son, Simon Fraser († 1782), had also participated in the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, but achieved a full pardon in 1750, but was not reinstated in the title. He later distinguished himself as a British general in the American War of Independence .

Renewal of the title

Beaufort Castle under construction in the late 1870s. The 13th Lord Lovat can be seen on the right.
The 14th Lord Lovat.
Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat after returning from the Dieppe Raid , August 1942

The next but one head of the Fraser Clan, Thomas Fraser , petitioned in 1825 for the restoration of the Lord's title. First he succeeded in getting the title Baron Lovat , of Lovat in the County of Inverness , newly created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on January 28, 1837 . In contrast to the Scottish title of lord , this was then associated with a hereditary seat in the British House of Lords . On July 10, 1854, he also reached a parliamentary resolution that reversed the condemnation of the 11th Lord altogether and restored the lord title for him as 12th Lord Lovat. In the count of the Clan Fraser he is listed as 14th Lord Lovat, because there the titleholders are counted during the time in which the title was withdrawn.

The 15th Lord Lovat was a famous leader of British commandos during World War II . He had initially served with the Lovat Scouts founded by his father, who still exist today . Today's title holder has been his grandson Simon Fraser as the 16th Lord and 5th Baron since 1995 .

List of Lords Lords Lovat (1458–64)

Probable title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the younger brother of the current Lord Jack Fraser, Master of Lovat (* 1984).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James Balfour Paul: The Scots Peerage. Volume 5, D. Douglas, Edinburgh 1908, p. 523.

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