Marion Fraser
Lady Marion Fraser , 1954) | |
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Occupation(s) | Musician, educator |
Spouse | |
Children | 4 |
Lady Marion Anne Fraser
Personal life
Fraser was the daughter of Elizabeth Taylor Watt and Robert Forbes.
In 1956, she married William Kerr Fraser, a former president of the Glasgow University Students' Representative Council and at the time a junior civil servant at the Scottish Office.[4] He went on to become permanent secretary there, and later principal and then Chancellor of the University of Glasgow.[5] The couple had three sons and one daughter.[2]
Career
Fraser worked as a music teacher and became director of
Fraser had been a trustee of the Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust since 1989, and President of Scotland's Churches Scheme since 1997.[7] She was trustee of the Lamp of Lothian Collegiate Trust from 1996 to 2005, and chairman of the Board of Christian Aid from 1990 to 1997, and of both the Scottish International Piano Competition and the Scottish Association for Mental Health from 1995 to 1999. She served as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1994 to 1995.
Fraser was made an Honorary Member of the
She died at St Columba's Hospice, Edinburgh, on 25 December 2016.
Arms
References
- ^ "Lady Marion Fraser LT's Obituary on The Times". The Times. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ a b "FRASER, Lady Marion Anne". Who's Who 2009, A & C Black, 2008; online edn. Oxford University Press. December 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ a b c "University of Glasgow - Lady Marion Fraser - a tribute". University of Glasgow. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Biography of Sir William Kerr Fraser". University Story. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ "FRASER, Sir William Kerr". Who's Who 2009, A & C Black, 2008; online edn. Oxford University Press. December 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ "No. 54597". The London Gazette. 3 December 1996. p. 15995.
- ^ "Sacred Scotland - Scotland's Churches Scheme". Sacred Scotland - Scotland's Churches Scheme. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ "The Merchant Company, The City of Edinburgh, Honorary Members". Merchant Company of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ "Honorary Graduates of The University of Stirling - 1998 to 2007". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "rest of the Day: Lady Marion Fraser LT". Court of the Lord Lyon. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Lady Marion Fraser Lecture". Heraldry Society of Scotland. Retrieved 7 August 2019.