Alexander8th of Strichen FRASER = Jean, Lady Strichen MENZIES

Married 25 Mar 1764, or 11 mar

Alexander8th of Strichen FRASER:

Born 1733
Died 1794
Edinburgh Marriage Register, Alexander Fraser of Moremount in Tron
Senator of College of Justices


Jean, Lady Strichen MENZIES:

Born 1736, St Anns Jamaica
Died Aberdeen
Buried 27 Mar 1798, Strichen
Burials - 1798
"March 27 - Jean Menzies Lady Strichen from Abdn" was #11 of 28 burials recorded in the parish for the year 1798.

The widow of Alexander Fraser 8th laird of Strichen (1733-94), by whom she had eight children, was the only child of William Menzies of St. Ann's, Jamaica; his brother, James Menzies of Culdares, sold the estate in Jamaica in 1793.

Alexander 9th FRASER = Amelia Mary, of Balquhain LESLIE > Family

Married May 1800, Fetternean House

Alexander 9th FRASER:

Born 1765
Died 1803
Alexander Fraser 9th of Strichen, Captain 1st Dragoon Guards, became a Catholic when in 1800 he married Amelia Mary (d Aug 1860) dtr of John Leslie of Balquhain by Violet dtr of John Dalyell of Barncrosh and d 1803

The son and heir of Alexander Fraser 9th of Strichen:
Thomas Alexander Fraser 10th of Strichen, succeeded 8 Dec 1815, on the death of Archibald Campbell Fraser, son of the 11th Lord Fraser of Lovat, as MacShimi Chief of the Frasers of Lovat. He was Lieut and Sheriff Principal, Inverness-shire. On 28 Jan 1837 he was created Baron Lovat of Lovat, co. Inverness, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, and established his right to the ancient Lovat peerage title, the attainder of which was reversed by an Act in his favour 1857, he becoming the 12th (but for the attainder 14th) Lord Fraser of Lovat. He was b 1802, m 6 Aug 1823 Charlotte Georgina (d 28 May 1876) eldest dtr of George William Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford, and d 28 Jun 1875 having had issue:
..A1 Simon, his heir [see below]
..A2 Alexander Edward Fraser, Lt Col Scots Guards, served in the Crimea, b 13 Jan 1831, m 13 Jan 1858 Georgina Mary (d 28 Mar 1928) only dtr of George Fieschi Heneage, of Hainton Hall, Lincs, and dsp 20 Sep 1885.
..A3 George Edward Stafford Fraser, b 17 Feb 1834, d 4 May 1854.
..A4 Henry Thomas Fraser, Col 1st Bn Scots Guards, b 2 Dec 1838, d unm 3 Aug 1904.
..a1. Amelia Charlotte Fraser, m 17 Sep 1846 Charles Robert Scott-Murray (d 27 Aug 1882), of Danesfield, Bucks, and d 17 Aug 1912, leaving issue.
..a2. Frances Georgiana Fraser m 9 May 1844 Sir Piers Mostyn, 8th Bt (d 14 May 1882), of Talacre, and d 25 Dec 1899.
..a3. Charlotte Henrietta Fraser, m 27 Nov 1866, Sir Matthew Sausse, QC (dsp 4 Nov 1867), Chief Justice of Bombay, and d 21 Jul 1904.
The heir:
Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Fraser of Lovat in the Peerage of Scotland and 2nd Baron Lovat of Lovat in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.


Amelia Mary, of Balquhain LESLIE:

from a prominent Roman Catholic family. (Patrick Leslie of Balquhain was a witness at marriage of John Gordon (son of General Patrick Gordon) and Elizabeth Grant. These were the gr-grandparents of Isabella Robertson that married our John Fraser in Strichen.