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Authorised form of nameFraser; Sir; William (- 1818)
Dates - 1818
Place of deathBedford Square, London
Date of death10 February 1818
ActivityCareer:
Served in the HEIC; commanded 'Lord Mansfield' (lost 1773), and 'Earl of Mansfield' (1777-1785)
Honours:
Bt 1806
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election14/04/1791
RelationshipsSon of William Fraser of Ledeclune and second wife Helen, daughter of William Fraser of Monquieth; married (26 September 1786) Elizabeth, daughter of James Farquharson of Eastbury, Dorset
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
CodeNA2782
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/001551Fraser, Sir William1806
NLB/3/409Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Richarson, Fellow of the Royal Society3 June 1889
NLB/67/242Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Messrs P. and D. Colnaghi and Co.; 144 New Bond Street, W.1.20 November 1924
EC/1791/04Fraser, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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