Major Hon. Hugh Joseph Fraser MVO was the son of Simon Fraser, 13th Baron Lovat and Alice Mary Weld-Blundell the daughter of Thomas Weld-Blundell.
Major 2nd Bn. Scots Guards
FRASER, THE HON. HUGH JOSEPH, M.V.O., Major, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, 2nd son of the late Simon, 13th Lord Lovat, by his wife, Alice Mary (Beaufort Castle, Beauly), daughter of Thomas Weld Blundell, of Ince Blundell; b. Beauly, co. Inverness, 6 July, 1874; educated Fort Augustus Abbey School. Inverness-shire; gazetted 2nd Lieutenant from the Militia to the Scots Guards, 12 Dec. 1894, promoted Lieutenant 15 Nov. 1897, Captain 16 March, 1901, and Major 12 June, 1907, and served in the South African War, 1900-2; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Biddulphsberg and Wittenbergen (1-29 July), also in those there and in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and received the Queen's medal with three clasps and the King's medal with two clasps; was Adjutant in Lovat's Scouts (Imperial Yeomanry) from 1 April, 1903 to 31 July, 1907, and Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India from Nov. 1910 to April, 1913. On the outbreak of war with Germany he went to the Front with the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, which formed part of the 7th Division, and was killed in action in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 27 Oct. 1914; unmarried. He was made a M.V.O. (4th Class) 1912.
Major 2nd Bn. Scots Guards
FRASER, THE HON. HUGH JOSEPH, M.V.O., Major, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, 2nd son of the late Simon, 13th Lord Lovat, by his wife, Alice Mary (Beaufort Castle, Beauly), daughter of Thomas Weld Blundell, of Ince Blundell; b. Beauly, co. Inverness, 6 July, 1874; educated Fort Augustus Abbey School. Inverness-shire; gazetted 2nd Lieutenant from the Militia to the Scots Guards, 12 Dec. 1894, promoted Lieutenant 15 Nov. 1897, Captain 16 March, 1901, and Major 12 June, 1907, and served in the South African War, 1900-2; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Biddulphsberg and Wittenbergen (1-29 July), also in those there and in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and received the Queen's medal with three clasps and the King's medal with two clasps; was Adjutant in Lovat's Scouts (Imperial Yeomanry) from 1 April, 1903 to 31 July, 1907, and Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India from Nov. 1910 to April, 1913. On the outbreak of war with Germany he went to the Front with the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, which formed part of the 7th Division, and was killed in action in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 27 Oct. 1914; unmarried. He was made a M.V.O. (4th Class) 1912.
Major Hon. Hugh Joseph Fraser MVO was the son of Simon Fraser, 13th Baron Lovat and Alice Mary Weld-Blundell the daughter of Thomas Weld-Blundell.
Major 2nd Bn. Scots Guards
FRASER, THE HON. HUGH JOSEPH, M.V.O., Major, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, 2nd son of the late Simon, 13th Lord Lovat, by his wife, Alice Mary (Beaufort Castle, Beauly), daughter of Thomas Weld Blundell, of Ince Blundell; b. Beauly, co. Inverness, 6 July, 1874; educated Fort Augustus Abbey School. Inverness-shire; gazetted 2nd Lieutenant from the Militia to the Scots Guards, 12 Dec. 1894, promoted Lieutenant 15 Nov. 1897, Captain 16 March, 1901, and Major 12 June, 1907, and served in the South African War, 1900-2; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Biddulphsberg and Wittenbergen (1-29 July), also in those there and in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and received the Queen's medal with three clasps and the King's medal with two clasps; was Adjutant in Lovat's Scouts (Imperial Yeomanry) from 1 April, 1903 to 31 July, 1907, and Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India from Nov. 1910 to April, 1913. On the outbreak of war with Germany he went to the Front with the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, which formed part of the 7th Division, and was killed in action in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 27 Oct. 1914; unmarried. He was made a M.V.O. (4th Class) 1912.
Major 2nd Bn. Scots Guards
FRASER, THE HON. HUGH JOSEPH, M.V.O., Major, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, 2nd son of the late Simon, 13th Lord Lovat, by his wife, Alice Mary (Beaufort Castle, Beauly), daughter of Thomas Weld Blundell, of Ince Blundell; b. Beauly, co. Inverness, 6 July, 1874; educated Fort Augustus Abbey School. Inverness-shire; gazetted 2nd Lieutenant from the Militia to the Scots Guards, 12 Dec. 1894, promoted Lieutenant 15 Nov. 1897, Captain 16 March, 1901, and Major 12 June, 1907, and served in the South African War, 1900-2; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Biddulphsberg and Wittenbergen (1-29 July), also in those there and in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and received the Queen's medal with three clasps and the King's medal with two clasps; was Adjutant in Lovat's Scouts (Imperial Yeomanry) from 1 April, 1903 to 31 July, 1907, and Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India from Nov. 1910 to April, 1913. On the outbreak of war with Germany he went to the Front with the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, which formed part of the 7th Division, and was killed in action in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 27 Oct. 1914; unmarried. He was made a M.V.O. (4th Class) 1912.
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