FRASER, HUGH [SSNE 5229]

Surname

FRASER

First name

HUGH

Title/rank

OF CLUNVACKY, LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Hugh Fraser of Clunvacky served in the Lovat Foot at Worcester in 1651 (albeit sometimes erroneously called Alexander). He later joined Lord Cranston's levy for Swedish service in 1656 as a lieutenant. He and William Fraser [SSNE 5228] were the only survivors of the Frasers who served with Cranston, and in 1670 they both returned to Scotland.

 

Sources:

A.F. Steuart, Papers relating to the Scots in Poland, 1576-1793 (Edinburgh, 1915), p.xxii-xxiii; J. Fraser, Chronicles of the Frasers, ed W. Mackay (Edinburgh, 1905), p.424; A. Mackenzie, History of the Frasers of Lovat (Inverness, 1896), pp.187-9.

 

With thanks to Ed Furgol for the information re Worcester.

 

British Civil Wars  English Civil War

Service record

SWEDEN, POLAND

Arrived 1656-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1670-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY