Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun

Lieutenant-General Alexander George Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun

"Towards the close of Waterloo day he returned to his place in the line with about but one-third of the men with whom he had gone into action. He then took a prominent part in the last celebrated charge of the Guards."[2]

Following Waterloo he was created both a

Fraser was described by Wellington as a "pattern to the army both as man and soldier."[2]

He was appointed a

He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1837 and later commanded the first brigade in the Battle of Chinkiang (1842) during the First Opium War and afterwards the whole force until 1843. He was further promoted to lieutenant-general in 1849.^[3]

Family

He was the son of Alexander Fraser, 16th Lord Saltoun (1758–1793) and Margaret, only daughter of Simon Fraser of Ness Castle. Fraser married the daughter of Lord Chancellor Thurlow.^[2] Fraser died in Rothes, Scotland on 18 August 1853.^[3]

Notes

• Burke, Edmund, ed. (1854). "Deaths—August: 18. At his shooting-seat, near Rothes, aged 68, the Right Hon. Alexander George Fraser, sixteenth Lord Saltoun, of Abernethy ...". Annual Register. Vol. 95. pp. 242–243.
• Stephens, Henry Morse (1889). "Fraser, Alexander George" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 20. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 203–204. Endnotes:
  • J. F.Foster's Peerage;
  • Gentleman's Magazine, October 1853;
  • Royal Military Calendar;
  • Hart's Army List;
  • Hamilton's History of the Grenadier Guards
  • Siborne's Waterloo.