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    Castle Fraser is the most elaborate Z-plan castle in Scotland and one of the grandest 'Castles of Mar'. It is located near Kemnay in the Aberdeenshire...
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    Fraser of Lovat (Scottish Gaelic: Friseal [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ ˈfɾʲiʃəl̪ˠ]) is a Highland Scottish clan and the principal branch of Clan Fraser. The Frasers of...
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    Fraser of Lovat are descended. One of Simon Fraser's grandsons was Sir Alexander Fraser of Cowie and Durris. This Alexander Fraser acquired a castle now...
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    include Brodie Castle in Moray, Castle Menzies in Perthshire, Glenbuchat Castle in Aberdeenshire, Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire, Claypotts Castle in Dundee...
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  • Major James Fraser of Castle Leathers (or Castleleathers) (1670 – 1760) was a Scottish soldier who supported the British-Hanoverian Government during the...
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    There has been a castle on the site since the 12th century. Beaufort Castle is the traditional seat of the Lords Lovat, Chiefs of Clan Fraser of Lovat. The...
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    which has a balustrade similar to a feature at Castle Fraser. Being similar in style to the demolished castle of the 1830s, the architecture of the new house...
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  • round tower at the south-west corner. In the 1860s, William Fraser-Tytler extended the castle in all directions, including a balustraded round tower, oriel...
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    Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, c. 1667 – 9 April 1747, was a Scottish clan chief and head of Clan Fraser of Lovat. Convicted of treason for his role in...
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    Mary, Queen of Scots (category People of Stirling Castle)
    Halhill, who was in the castle, wrote that Bothwell "had ravished her and lain with her against her will" (quoted in Fraser 1994, pp. 314–317). Other...
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    Simon Fraser of Lovat (19 October 1726 – 8 February 1782) was a son of a notorious Jacobite clan chief, but he went on to serve with distinction in the...
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  • The Frasers of Philorth are a Scottish lowlands family, originally from the Anjou region of France. Castle Fraser, their family seat, is in Sauchen, Aberdeenshire...
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    Peterhead. Castle Fraser, near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, has been under the care of the National Trust for Scotland since 1976. Clan Fraser Frasers of Muchalls...
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    piper Bill Millin. Fraser was born at his ancestral home of Beaufort Castle near Beauly, Inverness-shire, the son of Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat (commonly...
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  • Beauly Castle, it was built by the Bissets in the 11th-12th century. The castle came into the Fraser's hands with the marriage of Simon Fraser to a Bissett...
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    K'gari (redirect from Fraser island)
    settlers who arrived in 1847 named the island "Fraser Island" after Captain James Fraser, master of Stirling Castle, who was shipwrecked and died on the island...
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    Register in 1830 with Fraser, Master, and Abrams & Co., owners, and trade Greenock–Quebec. Before her fateful voyage, Stirling Castle had sailed from Greenock...
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    agricultural land surrounding Castle Fraser she was also known as the close friend of Elyza Fraser (the lady laird of Castle Fraser 1734-1814). Together they...
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    Craigievar Castle are visitor attractions, with a range of other archaeological sites, stone circles, and castles (including Balfluig Castle, Castle Fraser and...
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    22nd Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat in the Scottish Highlands, and responsible for overseeing the reconstruction of Beaufort Castle. Lovat was the eldest...
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    Scotland. pp. 18–19. Coventry, Martin. (2001) The Castles of Scotland 3rd Edition. Goblinshead Fraser, Antonia. (1970) Mary Queen of Scots. Panther Grose...
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    built in 1580 by members of the Clan Fraser. The castle is protected as a category B listed building. The L-plan castle has been altered many times since...
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    The castle is both a wedding venue and filming location and can be viewed by appointment. An early castle was probably built here by Simon Fraser of Oliver...
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  • estate of Beaufort Castle was sold, for around £2,000,000. His son, the 16th Lord Lovat, has voiced his determination to buy it back. Fraser spent around three...
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    Castle Creek, also known locally as Cottonwood Creek, is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia. Castle Creek...
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  • 1999 Fraser was awarded the Cecil Holmes Award for Services to Directing. Fraser was the mother of two children who also worked in film: Claudia Castle, best...
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    House of Fraser and Frasers are a British department store chain with 26 locations across the United Kingdom and 2 in Ireland, part of Frasers Group. It...
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    Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat (born 13 February 1977), has been the chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat since the death of his grandfather...
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    The Fraser River (/ˈfreɪzər/) is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains...
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    Clan Fraser of Lovat. The former family seat was Beaufort Castle in northern Scotland. The numbering of the Scottish Lordship used by Clan Fraser of Lovat...
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