Edward Fraser (rugby union)

Edward Fraser
	Oxford University
Occupation(s)	Merchant
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career
Years	Team
	Oxford University RFC
–	Blackheath
International career
Years	Team
1875	England

Sir Edward Cleather Fraser KCMG (1853 - 1927) was a rugby union international who represented England in 1875 and prominent Mauritius based businessman.^[2]^[3]

Early life and career

Edward Cleather Fraser was born on April 2, 1853, in Burnside, Mauritius.

racquets player winning a doubles trophy alongside the future FA Cup finalist Herbert Alleyne. Fraser and Alleyne were also both members of the Myrmidon Club. After graduating, Fraser returned to Mauritius in 1876 to work in his father's business and upon his father's retirement in 1878, became a partner. In May 1882, he married Mary Josephine Howie in Mauritius.^[4]

In 1902, Fraser became a Member of the Council of the Government of Mauritius and in 1912 was appointed a

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. He was also the island's consul for Sweden, a director the Bank of Mauritius, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Railway Board and he became President of the Meteorological Society.^[5]

Edward and Mary had three children all born in London: Elsie Georgina Fraser (born 1883); Marjory Harriet Fraser (born 1886); and a son, James Howie Fraser (born 1888). Mary, Edward's wife, died in 1901 at Saxingham Hall, Norwich, Norfolk with all three children still in their teens. James was educated at Rugby School and after a short time in Canada returned to serve with the Gordon Highlanders in

World War One. He was killed in action on 30 October 1914, at Ypres, Western Front October 1914 and was posthumously Mentioned in Dispatches.^[6]

In 1923, Edward Cleather Fraser was promoted to knighthood within the order of St Michael and St George.^[7] He died on 15 October 1927 in Norfolk.^[8]

Rugby union career

Fraser played rugby at

Blackheath Football Club

.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Marshall, Francis, Football; the Rugby union game, p150, (1892) (London Paris Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited)
^ ^a ^b ^c Edward Fraser Profile on espn.co.uk
^ ^a ^b Mauritius Illustrated: Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial Facts, Figures, & Resources. p353, (1914). India: Asian Educational Services.
^ The Belfast Newsletter. Belfast, Northern Ireland. June 27, 1882, Periodicals & Newspapers, Irish & Reference. Linen Hall Library, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
^ Mauritius Illustrated: Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial Facts, Figures, & Resources. p354, (1914). India: Asian Educational Services.
^ Imperial War Museum
^ SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 JANUARY, 1923, p2
^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1928, Ancestry.com Operations Inc

[Game-1] Marshall, Francis, Football; the Rugby union game, p150, (1892) (London Paris Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited)

[ESPN-2] Edward Fraser Profile on espn.co.uk

[Mauritius-3] Mauritius Illustrated: Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial Facts, Figures, & Resources. p353, (1914). India: Asian Educational Services.

[4] The Belfast Newsletter. Belfast, Northern Ireland. June 27, 1882, Periodicals & Newspapers, Irish & Reference. Linen Hall Library, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

[5] Mauritius Illustrated: Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial Facts, Figures, & Resources. p354, (1914). India: Asian Educational Services.

[6] Imperial War Museum

[7] SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 JANUARY, 1923, p2

[8] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1928, Ancestry.com Operations Inc

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