Lieutenant-Colonel John Simon Frederick Fraser (1765–1803), also referred to as Simon Fraser, the younger of Lovat, [a] commanded the Fraser Fencibles in Ireland and was Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Inverness-shire from 1796 to 1802. [1] [2]
Simon Fraser was the eldest son of Archibald Fraser 20th MacShimidh (1736–1815) and Jane, daughter of William Fraser. He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 4 July 1786 and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1789 and the Inner Temple in 1793. [1]
He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fraser Fencibles, and saw service in Ireland during the Irish rebellion of 1798. [1] This regiment was raised in 1794 by James Fraser of Balladrum (who had served in the 78th Fraser Highlanders under Lieutenant-General Simon Fraser). It disbanded in 1802.
Fraser was a Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire from 1796 to 1802, and died before his father, unmarried, in Lisbon on 6 April 1803. [1] He had an illegitimate son. [2]