James Keith Fraser
Lieutenant-General James Keith Fraser was a British Army officer.
Early life
Fraser was born on 20 September 1832. He was the third son of Lt.-Col. Sir James John Fraser, 3rd Baronet and the former Charlotte Anne Craufurd. He had two elder brothers, Sir William Fraser, 4th Baronet, an MP for Barnstaple, and Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles Craufurd Fraser, aide-de-camp to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.His paternal grandparents were Sir William Fraser, 1st Baronet, and the former Elizabeth Farquharson. His maternal grandparents were Daniel Craufurd and Bridget Holland.
Career
In 1855, he served as military attaché at Vienna. He gained the rank of Colonel in the 1st Life Guards and was Inspector-General of Cavalry in Great Britain and Ireland in 1891.He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George.
Personal life
On 10 June 1865, Fraser married Amelia Alice Julia Ward, a daughter of Hon. Humble Dudley Ward and Eleanor Louisa Hawkes. Together, they were the parents of:- Helena Violet Alice Fraser, who married George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, a son of John Rous, 2nd Earl of Stradbroke and Augusta Bonham in 1898.
- Sir Keith Alexander Fraser, 5th Baronet, who married Lady Dorothy Coventry, daughter of George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry and Lady Blanche Craven, in 1910.
- Capt. Hugh Craufurd Keith-Fraser, who married Dorothy Villiers, a daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Hyde Villiers and Virginia Katharine Smith, in 1919.