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120:. This had been recently established to 'promote the Interests of the Highlands', with its particular goals being to repeal the ban on Highland dress being worn, the promotion of Gaelic language, music and literature, establishing schools, agricultural improvement, and the relief of distressed Highlanders. (His half-brother Simon was a founding member and president of this organisation). He was elected a
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Whilst his half-brother Simon reached the rank of lieutenant-general through his service in the
British and Portuguese Army overseas, Archibald's career was closer to home. He was appointed colonel of the 1st Inverness-shire local militia (a type of military reserve force) with its headquarters at
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Archibald at best could be described as an eccentric person, at worst an unpleasant one. The historian John
Prebble described him as 'a nervous, excitable man who seems to have needed little encouragement to see rebellion and riot behind every ben'. Another historian noted that it was 'well known
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His life in his early adult years is not well documented, and secondary sources attribute a variety of activities to him. One account suggests he adopted the name
Fitzsimon and 'distinguished himself in the sporting world'. It is also suggested he served in the Portuguese military, whilst his
140:. He was returned unopposed following his brother's death at a by-election on 28 March 1782. He held the seat for two years. During this time his speeches were mainly on economic and Scottish affairs. In his maiden speech, on 17 June 1782, he seconded Lord Graham's motion to repeal the
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The Lovat estates (but not the title) had already been restored to Simon in 1774. When he died childless in 1782, Archibald succeeded as the 20th MacShimidh. However, as Simon was indebted, the estates were vested in trustees until all debts should be paid off.
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that he was very severe on some of his tenants'. He also appeared to inherit his father's capacity for self-promotion, by placing a memorial to himself in the family mausoleum at
Wardlaw which sang his own praises. (The full text is available here in the
287:). Another description of him, written 30 years after his death, states that he 'sank into habits of dissipation and over-conviviality, which impaired a reputation otherwise high in his neighbourhood, and became careless and hopeless of himself'.
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There was a significant age difference between the couple, however. She was 23, he was 56 and had already been twice married. The marriage was not a happy one and in 1738 she left her husband to live in
Edinburgh, leaving Archibald in his care.
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331:, with the name Simon Fraser. Located in the book 'An historical account of the settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America prior to the peace of 1783: together with notices of Highland regiments and biographical sketches,’ written by
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The image at the top of the page appears in various different formats and with different names. It may be of
Archibald Campbell Fraser, but it may be his half-brother Simon. (The uploader of this image has suggested it is from the
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Relief sculpture of
Archibald Fraser. In the possession of Harvard Art Museum, and dated to 1795. The Museum has it given the highest verification level of 4: 'extensively researched, well described and information is
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What is documented is that he was granted a small sum of money paid annually from the attainted Lovat estate. Also, from 1764 to 1766 he was the
British Consul in Tripoli, and from 1767 to 1776 the Consul in Algiers.
171:(from the word "defencible"). This was a type of home guard. It was completed in the spring of 1795, with many of the soldiers bearing the name of Fraser and with nearly all raised from the old clan territory of
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committee interviewing people in
Inverness-shire who had a personal acquaintance with the Lovat Frasers. These questions were aimed at establishing who was connected by blood to Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat.
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Archibald himself was considered too old to lead, so James Fraser of
Belladrum was appointed colonel. The regiment was soon ordered to Ireland, where it arrived in August 1795. In 1797, Archibald's son,
299:. A lawsuit over the succession arose between Thomas Alexander Fraser, Esq. of Lovat, and Archibald Thomas Frederick Fraser, Esq. (the illegitimate child of Archibald's son Simon). In 1826 it led to a
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Mackenzie, Alexander (1896) History of the Frasers of Lovat, with genealogies of the principal families of the name: to which is added those of Dunballoch and Phopachy. A&W Mackenzie, Inverness.
70:, by his third wife, Primrose Campbell. (She was sister of the man who would become 4th Duke of Argyll, chief of the Clan Campbell). Archibald himself was named after Lovat's early patron, the
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occurred nearby. With some school companions, he watched the battle, where he saw Fraser clansmen in the front line. He also witnessed their decimation, with many of the 300 Frasers cut down.
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249:, and sat in parliament for Inverness-shire from 1796 to 1802. He died, unmarried, in Lisbon. He had a single illegitimate child, Archibald Thomas Frederick Fraser of Albertaff.
343:, supposedly of Archibald Fraser. However, the name 'Simon Fraser of Lovat, Brigadier General' has been handwritten below it, which differs from the name given by the library.
144:, which was passed in 1746 in an effort to subdue the Highlands. This made wearing the tartan or kilt illegal in Scotland. The Act was successfully repealed later in 1782.
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Browne, James (1854) History of the Highlands and of the Highland clans: with an extensive selection from the hitherto unedited Stuart papers 4. A. Fullarton & Co.
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In 1763 Archibald married Jane Fraser. They had five boys together, but all predeceased him. (All information in this section from Mackenzie (1896) pp. 508–509)
46:, (16 August 1736 – 8 December 1815) was British consul at Tripoli and Algiers, and later colonel of the 1st Inverness local militia. Upon the death of his brother,
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was constructed in the 1760s by Colonel Archibald Fraser as a hunting lodge. The original hunting lodge was expanded continuously by the Fraser family until c.1830.
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Sinclair, John (1813) An Account of the Highland Society of London, from its establishment in May 1773, to the commencement of the year 1813. B. McMillan, London.
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Colour painting, showing either Simon Fraser or Archibald Fraser. Dated 1800–1830. Owned by the New Brunswick Museum but on loan to the McCord Museum in Montreal.
183:'The uniform was the usual Highland dress with belted plaid and kilt of Fraser tartan, but without the broadswords, as in the case of former Fraser Regiments.'
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for a year, although he received a full pardon in 1750. Archibald was sent to Glasgow for his education by his mother and he attended
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Namier, Lewis & Brooke, John (1964, republished 1985) The House of Commons 1754-1790. Seeker & Warburg, London.
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Fraser, Sarah (2012) The Last Highlander. Scotland's Most Notorious Clan Chief, Rebel and Double Agent. Harper Press.
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Fraser died on 8 December 1815. As he was the last male of his line (the 'last of the Lovats') the title reverted to
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Burton, John Hill (1847) Lives of Simon Lord Lovat and Duncan Forbes of Culloden. Chapman and Hall, London.
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Clyde, Robert (2004). "Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat (1736–1815): John Simon Frederick Fraser".
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Annals of … the Patriots of the Family of Fraser, Frizell, Simson, or FitzSimon
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Prebble, John (1963) The Highland Clearances. Penguin, London.
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498:"Fraser, Archibald Campbell (1736-1815) of Lovat, Inverness"
245:(1765–1803), the eldest son, was lieutenant-colonel of the
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Historical Account of the Family of Frisel, or Fraser...
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Inverness. He was thereafter known as Colonel Fraser.
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Historical Account of the Family of Frisel or Fraser
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377:The Last Highlander
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