FRASER, John Farquhar. Barrister L.I. 13 May 1817; judge of county courts, circuit 46 (Surrey), March 1847 to death; author of The reports of Sir E. Coke in 13 parts, 10 parts by J. F. F. 1826; resided at 104 Eaton place, Belgrave sq. London. d. Feb. 1865.
FRASER, Patrick, Lord Fraser (son of Patrick Fraser of Perth, merchant). b. Pitlochry near Perth 1819; ed. at Perth gr. sch. and univ. of St. Andrews; called to the bar 1843; sheriff of Renfrewshire 3 Feb. 1862; LLD. Edin. 1871; dean of Faculty of Advocates 16 Jany. 1878; Q.C. 1880; a lord of session with title of Lord Fraser 4 Feb. 1881 to death; lord ordinary in exchequer cases 15 Nov. 1881 to death; author of A treatise on the law of Scotland as applicable to the personal and domestic relations 2 vols. Edin. 1846; The conflict of laws in cases of divorce, Edin. 1860 and 5 other books; found dead in his study chair at Gattonside near Melrose 27 March 1889. Juridical Review i, 178–83 (1889), portrait.
FRASER, Robert Samuel. b. North Shields 26 Oct. 1829; apprentice to William Clark, engineer, Sunderland 1843; manager of the s.s. Chasseur floating factory in Balaclava harbour 1855–56 for the government; assistant to inspector of machinery in the Arsenal, Woolwich 1856; manager of royal gun factories, Woolwich 1859, deputy assist. superintendent 1866; invented the service gun known as the Fraser 1867 but since called the Woolwich gun and still in use; presented by government on two occasions with £5000 each time; changed spelling of his name from Frazer to Fraser 1866; M.I.C.E. 6 Dec. 1864. d. of consumption Arbory cottage, Sydenham road, Croydon 12 July 1884. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxxviii, 424–9 (1884).
FRASER, Rev. Robert William (son of captain Robert Fraser). b. Perth 1810; licensed to preach by Edinburgh presbytery 1840; minister of parish of Burntisland 1843–7; minister of St. John’s ch. Edin. 1847 to death; author of Moriah, or sketches of the sacred rites of ancient Israel, Edinburgh 1849 and many other books. d. 19 Lauriston st. Edinburgh 10 Sep. 1876. Scotsman 12 Sep. 1876 p. 4.
FRASER, Thomas. Took a leading part in Parisian political life which he described in racy articles, sent to the Morning Chronicle 1835–55; sec. to Hudson Bay Co. London 1855. d. Florence 2 Nov. 1869. Newspaper Press 1 Dec. 1869 p. 15.
FRASER, Thomas (son of vice admiral Alexander Fraser, who d. 29 Dec. 1829). b. May 1796; entered navy 11 Nov. 1811; commander 22 July 1826; captain on h.p. 23 Nov. 1841; V.A. on h.p. 1870. d. 19 Brighton place, Portobello 28 Oct. 1870. Crombie’s Modern Athenians (1882), p. 139, portrait.
FRASER, Most Rev. William. b. Scotland about 1790; R.C. vicar apostolic of Nova Scotia with title of bishop of Fanes 1821; devoted himself to Scottish members of his flock in Antigonish, northern part of the peninsula and neglected the Irish; the Pope divided province of Nova Scotia into two dioceses, Antigonish being united to Cape Breton and erected into diocese of Arishat with W. Fraser as titular bishop. d. Antigonish 4 Oct. 1857.
FRASER, Rev. William (eld. son of Wm. Fraser of St. George’s, Southwark, London). Matric. from Worcester coll. Ox. 9 June 1841 aged 17; B.A. 1845, M.A. 1848, B.C.L. 1848, D.C.L. 1861; C. of Alton, Staffs. 1853–58, V. 1858 to death; P.C. of Cotton, Staffs. 1862 to death; author of Parish Sermons 2 series 1855–60; A plain commentary of the Book of Psalms, chiefly founded on the Fathers 2 vols. 1857 and other books. d. Alton vicarage 26 Nov. 1877.
FRASER, Rev. William. b. Cullen, Banffshire 1817; a master in Normal seminary, Glasgow; pastor of the Free Middle congregation, Paisley 1849 to death; LLD. Glasgow 1872; member of Paisley school board; author of The state of our educational enterprises 1858; Blending lights, or the relations of natural science, archæology and history to the Bible 1873. d. Free Middle manse, Paisley 21 Sep. 1879. Renfrewshire Independent 27 Sep. 1879 p. 4.
FRASER, William Charles. Entered Madras army 1797; col. 14 Madras N.I. 1848 to death; general 20 June 1854. d. Stanley place, Paddington, London 4 March 1859 aged 74.