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A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

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OF FLOWERS: AND LEAVES. 381<br />

the heiress <strong>of</strong> the name <strong>of</strong> Bisset, and one <strong>of</strong> the heirs <strong>of</strong> the name <strong>of</strong> Fentons.<br />

The family was dignified with the title <strong>of</strong> Lord Lovat by King James I. the 3d <strong>of</strong><br />

March 1426.<br />

Hugh, or Hucheon Fraser <strong>of</strong> Lovat, sat as a lord in Parliament in the year 1430,<br />

<strong>of</strong> whom were descended the noble lords <strong>of</strong> that family. For their arms aL<br />

blazoned see Plate <strong>of</strong> Achievements.<br />

The other considerable family <strong>of</strong> the name was Sir ALEXANDER FRASER <strong>of</strong> Gowk-,<br />

said to be descended <strong>of</strong> another younger son <strong>of</strong> the abovementioned Sir Alexander,<br />

and his lady, sister to King Robert the Bruce. Sir Alexander Fraser is served<br />

heir in the lands <strong>of</strong> Cowie, the I3th <strong>of</strong> September 1361. He married Jean Ross,<br />

second daughter and one <strong>of</strong> the co-heirs <strong>of</strong> William Earl <strong>of</strong> Ross, and got with her<br />

the lands <strong>of</strong> 1'hilorth, which became the designation <strong>of</strong> the family; and from them<br />

the death<br />

was lineally descended Sir Alexander Fraser <strong>of</strong> Philorth ; to whom, by<br />

<strong>of</strong> Alexander Abernethy Lord Salton, who had issue, the honours devolved, being<br />

his sister's son, who, in right <strong>of</strong> his mother, was served heir to his grandfather tin-<br />

Lord Salton, and by King Charles II. declared Lord Salton, and approven <strong>of</strong> in<br />

Parliament 1670 ; whose great-grandson is the present Alexander Lord Salton, who<br />

carries, quarterly, first azure, three cinquefoils argent, 2 and i, for Fraser; second<br />

third argent,<br />

or, a lion rampant gules, bruised with a ribband sable, for Abernethy ;<br />

three piles issuing from the chief, conjoined in points gules, for Wishart, (these<br />

two last quarters were borne by Abernethy Lord<br />

Salton)<br />

and the fourth quarter<br />

as the first ; and the supporters, crest and motto, are also the same used by Aber-<br />

nethy Lord Salton, <strong>of</strong> which before.<br />

Sir PETER FRASER <strong>of</strong> Dores, Baronet, was descended from the abovementioned<br />

Sir Alexander Fraser, nephew to King Robert the Bruce, as by Mr Crawfurd's<br />

Peerage: The family has been in use to carry the plain arms <strong>of</strong> the name, \'vi..<br />

azure, three cinquefoils argent; and the same arms have been carried by Fraser <strong>of</strong><br />

Muchill.<br />

ANDREW FRASER Lord FRASER <strong>of</strong> Muchill was dignified with that title by King<br />

Charles I. 1633, and carried azure, three frases argent; crest, a mount full <strong>of</strong><br />

strawberries, leaved, flowered and fructuated, proper; supported on the dexter by a<br />

talcon, and on the sinister by a heron, proper: motto, All my hope is in God.<br />

HUGH FRASER <strong>of</strong> Belladrum, a second son <strong>of</strong> Culbeckie, who was a second son<br />

<strong>of</strong> Lovat, procreate betwixt him and Jean, daughter to the Earl <strong>of</strong> Huntly, carries,<br />

quarterly, as Lovat, within a bordure ingrailed and quartered, argent and<br />

gules; crest, a stag starting, proper, attired or: motto, Virtutis lavs actio. N. R.<br />

THOMAS FRASER <strong>of</strong> Strichen, descended <strong>of</strong> a second son <strong>of</strong> Alexander Lord Lo-<br />

vat, and his wife, a daughter <strong>of</strong> Sir John Campbell <strong>of</strong> Calder, carries the quartered<br />

arms <strong>of</strong> Lovat, within a bordure gules; crest, a stag's head couped, proper: motto,<br />

Five ut postea vivas. Ibid.<br />

FRASER <strong>of</strong> Eskdale, descended <strong>of</strong> a second son <strong>of</strong> Strowie, who was a second son<br />

<strong>of</strong> Lovat, the quartered coat <strong>of</strong> Lovat, within a bordure indented argent, charged<br />

with eight crescents gules ; crest, a stag's head couped, proper, attired or, and char-<br />

ged with an increscent and decrescent interlaced gules: motto, Vel pax vel helium.<br />

Ibid.<br />

FRASER <strong>of</strong> Auchnagairn, a third son <strong>of</strong> Belladrum, carries his father's arms as<br />

before; and, for difference, charges the bordure with eight mullets,<br />

all counter-<br />

changed ; crest, a stag's head erased, proper, attired or, charged with a star <strong>of</strong><br />

eight rays, issuing from a crescent argent: motto, Pace & hello _ paratus. New<br />

Register.<br />

Mr SIMON FRASER <strong>of</strong> Fingask, fifth son <strong>of</strong> Belladrum, carries the same with Bel-<br />

ladrum; and, for difference, charges the bordure with eight<br />

annulets counter-<br />

changed; crest, as his brother, above: motto, Ubique paratus. Ibid.<br />

ALEXANDER FRASER <strong>of</strong> Tyrie, descended <strong>of</strong> James- Fraser, a second son <strong>of</strong> Phi-<br />

lorth, quarterly, first and fourth Fraser; second and third gules, a lion rampant<br />

argent, armed and langued sable, with a crescent, for a brotherly difference; crest,<br />

an ostrich holding in its beak a horse-shoe: motto, In God is all. Ibid.<br />

Mr PATRICK FRASER <strong>of</strong> Broaclland, as above, the quartered arms <strong>of</strong> Philorth,<br />

with a flower-de-luce for difference : motto, In God I trust. Ibid.

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