Lord Lovat
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Lord Lovat is a title in the Peerage of Scotland dating to 1458. It is held along with the title of Baron Lovat in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
In 1697, after the ninth Lord Lovat died, Simon Fraser, his brother, kidnapped and forcefully married the late Lord's widow Amelia. However, Lady Lovat's powerful family, the Atholls, were angered, and prosecuted Fraser, who fled the country. Fraser was convicted in absentia, attained, and sentenced to death. Due to his attainder, he could not succeed to the Lordship when the tenth Lord, also his brother, died.
In 1715, however, Fraser supported the Government against a Jacobite uprising and was rewarded by being pardoned for his crimes. In 1730, he won litigation seeking to confirm his title of Lord Lovat. In 1745, however, Lord Lovat participated in an uprising against the Crown and was therefore sentenced to death. He was beheaded on Tower Hill in London, becoming the last man to die in this manner. His titles, furthermore, were forfeit.
Later, in 1837, Thomas Fraser, who would have succeeded to the title but for the forfeiture, was created Baron Lovat in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In 1854, the attainder of the eleventh Lord was reversed, so Thomas Fraser became the twelfth Lord Lovat.
Lords Lovat (1458)
- Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat (d. c. 1500)
- Thomas Fraser, 2nd Lord Lovat (d. 1524)
- Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lord Lovat (d. 1544)
- Alexander Fraser, 4th Lord Lovat (d. 1558)
- Hugh Fraser, 5th Lord Lovat (d. 1577)
- Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat (c. 1572-1633)
- Hugh Fraser, 7th Lord Lovat (d. 1646)
- Hugh Fraser, 8th Lord Lovat (1643-1672)
- Hugh Fraser, 9th Lord Lovat (1666-1696)
- Thomas Fraser, 10th Lord Lovat (1636-1699)
- Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat (c. 1667-1747) (forfeit 1747)
- Thomas Alexander Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat (1802-1875) (restored 1854)
- Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat (1828-1887)
- Simon Joseph Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat (1871-1933)
- Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat (1911-1995)
- Simon Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat (b. 1977)
External link
The Frasers of Lovat, Lords Lovat (http://www.fraserchief.co.uk/history.html#lovat)