Hugh Fraser (British politician)
Sir Hugh Fraser | |
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Secretary of State for Air | |
In office 16 July 1962 – 1 April 1964 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home |
Preceded by | Julian Amery |
Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
In office 28 October 1960 – 16 July 1962 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
Preceded by | Julian Amery |
Succeeded by | Nigel Fisher |
Under-Secretary of State and Financial Secretary for War | |
In office 28 November 1958 – 28 October 1960 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
Preceded by | Julian Amery |
Succeeded by | James Ramsden |
Member of Parliament for Stafford Stafford and Stone (1950–1983) Stone (1945–1950) | |
In office 5 July 1945 – 6 March 1984 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Lamb |
Succeeded by | Bill Cash |
Personal details | |
Born | Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser 23 January 1918 Westminster, London, England[1] |
Died | 6 March 1984 Lambeth, London, England[2] | (aged 66)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Lady Antonia Pakenham (m. 1956; div. 1977) |
Children | 6, including Rebecca and Flora |
Parent(s) | Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat Hon. Laura Lister |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Occupation | Politician |
Sir Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser
Youth and military career
Fraser was the second son of
He was commissioned into the Lovat Scouts in 1936 and served throughout World War II. During the war, Fraser served in GHQ Liaison Regiment. Lieutenant Fraser was promoted to temporary captain on 14 April 1942 and became second in command of ‘C’ Squadron. In November 1944, he was posted to IS9 as an Intelligence Officer.
Fraser was appointed a Member of the
Political career
Fraser was elected Member of Parliament for Stone in 1945, later Stafford and Stone following constituency boundary changes, from 1950 until 1983 and then Stafford again until his death. He served as an MP continuously from 1945 until 1984 but did not become Father of the House as he was sworn in as an MP on 15 August 1945 while James Callaghan had been sworn in on 2 August 1945 and so he, rather than Fraser, became Father following the 1983 election.
He was
Personal life
This section needs additional citations for verification. (May 2017) |
Fraser married the future author Lady
Fraser was the intended target of an IRA car bomb on 23 October 1975.[3] The bomb had been fitted to one of Fraser's cars outside his home in Campden Hill Square. A noted cancer researcher, Professor Gordon Hamilton Fairley, was walking past the car when the bomb exploded prematurely, killing him instantly. Fraser's wife, Lady Antonia, and Caroline Kennedy, a guest of the Frasers visiting London to complete a year-long art course at Sotheby's auction house, would have been in the car when the bomb detonated had it not done so prematurely. The reason that Fraser was targeted for assassination remains unknown.[4]
Death
Sir Hugh Fraser remained in parliament until his death from
References
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
- ISBN 978-0-7890-2913-3.
- ^ Weinraub, Bernard (24 October 1975). "Bomb Kills a Doctor Near London Home of Caroline Kennedy; A Narrow Escape for Miss Kennedy" (paid archive). The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
- ^ Obituary: Sir Hugh Fraser, nytimes.com; accessed 7 May 2017.