Lord Lovat

The Lordship of Lovat has for some time been linked to the Chiefship of Clan Fraser of Lovat. The former family seat was Beaufort Castle in northern Scotland. The numbering of the Scottish Lordship used by Clan Fraser of Lovat differs from the legal numbering in that it ignores the attainder of 1747–1854, with the result that the 16th Lord is termed by them "18th Lord Lovat". of parliament 1587 & 1594. Click to enlarge. ==Lairds of Lovat==

According to John Anderson and Alexander Mackenzie 19th century historians John Anderson, writing in 1825, and Alexander Mackenzie, writing in 1896, list the Lairds of Lovat as follows, but this is different to modern research as given by the Clan Fraser of Lovat organization. • Simon Fraser, 1st Laird of Lovat (son of Andrew Fraser and was killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333) • Simon Fraser, 2nd Laird of Lovat (wounded at the Battle of Durham in 1346 and died in 1347) • Hugh Fraser, 3rd Laird of Lovat (died in 1397 and buried at Beauly) • Alexander Fraser, 4th Laird of Lovat (succeeded in 1415). According to James Balfour Paul James Balfour Paul writing in 1908 in his The Scots Peerage gives the following Fraser Lairds of Lovat before the family succeeded as Lords Lovat: • Hugh Fraser of Lovat and Kinnell (on record 1367–1410) • Alexander Fraser of Lovat (died before March 1415–16) • Hugh Fraser of Lovat (son of Hugh Fraser of Lovat and died before 20 July 1440) • Thomas Fraser of Lovat (died before 20 May 1455) According to the modern Clan Fraser of Lovat The modern Clan Fraser of Lovat records the Lairds of Lovat as follows: • Sir Simon Fraser (son of Andrew Fraser and was killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333) • Alexander Fraser (died 1361) • Hugh Fraser, 1st Laird Lovat (died before 1410) • Hugh Fraser, Laird of Lovat (died 1440) • Thomas Fraser, Laird of Lovat (died by 1455) ==Lords Fraser of Lovat (1458); Barons Lovat of Lovat (1837)==

Mackenzie also records the names of the subsequent Lords Lovat differently, being the same person listed as Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat in the accepted modern version given below. The Clan Fraser of Lovat organization also recognises the two sons of the 11th Lord Lovat, Simon and Archibald, as the 12th and 13th Lords Lovat respectively, ignoring the attainder for the 11th Lord having supported the Jacobite rising of 1745 and therefore they recognize the current 16th Lord Lovat as the 18th Lord Lovat. The following is also in accordance with James Balfour Paul's 1908 volume 5 of The Scots Peerage which lists the aforementioned Simon and Archibald as the "de jure" 12th and 13th Lords Lovat before reverting to Thomas Alexander Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat proper who was from the Fraser of Strichen cadet branch. • Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat (c.1436–1501) • Thomas Fraser, 2nd Lord Lovat (c.1461–1524) • Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lord Lovat (c.1494–1544) • Alexander Fraser, 4th Lord Lovat (c.1527–1557) • Hugh Fraser, 5th Lord Lovat (c.1545–1577) • Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat (1570–1633) • Hugh Fraser, 7th Lord Lovat (1591–1646) • Hugh Fraser, 8th Lord Lovat (1643–1672) • Hugh Fraser, 9th Lord Lovat (1666–1696) • Thomas Fraser, 10th Lord Lovat (1631–1699) • Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat (c. 1667–1747) (lordship forfeited in 1746) • heirs but for the attainder: • Simon Fraser of Lovat (1726–1782) • Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat (1736–1815) • Thomas Alexander Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat, 1st Baron Lovat (1802–1875) (lordship restored in 1854; barony of Lovat created in 1837) • Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat, 2nd Baron Lovat (1828–1887) • Simon Joseph Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat, 3rd Baron Lovat (1871–1933) • Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, 4th Baron Lovat (1911–1995) • Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat, 5th Baron Lovat (b. 1977) The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Hon. Jack Hugh Fraser, Master of Lovat (b. 1984) ==Arms==