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Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

The Right Honourable
The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie
PC QC
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Lord Advocate
In office
1989–1992
Monarch Elizabeth
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Preceded by The Lord Cameron of Lochbroom
Succeeded by The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
Solicitor General for Scotland
In office
1982–1989
Monarch Elizabeth
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by Nicholas Fairbairn
Succeeded by The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
Member of Parliament
for East Angus
In office
1983–1987
Preceded by New constituency
Succeeded by Andrew Welsh
Member of Parliament
for South Angus
In office
1979–1983
Preceded by Andrew Welsh
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Majority 963 (1.9%)
Personal details
Born Peter Lovat Fraser
(1945-05-29)29 May 1945
Died 22 June 2013(2013-06-22) (aged 68)
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Fiona Macdonald Mair
Residence Slade House, Carmyllie
Alma mater Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge; Edinburgh
Profession Advocate

Peter Lovat Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, PC, QC (29 May 1945 – 22 June 2013) was a Scottish politician and advocate.

Peter Fraser's mother died when he was 12 while living in Zambia, where his father was serving as a minister. Anthony Eden, then prime minister, intervened at the request of family friend Brendan Bracken to help Fraser obtain a scholarship to Loretto School, Musselburgh, East Lothian, the private school where Eden was a trustee. He graduated BA (Hons) and LLM (Hons), Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, before going to the University of Edinburgh. He was elected to the Faculty of Advocates in 1969 and in 1972 he lectured part-time in constitutional law at Heriot-Watt University for two years. In 1979 he was appointed Standing Junior Counsel for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and became a Queen's Counsel in 1982.

In 1969 he married Fiona Murray Mair. The couple had three children: Jane, Jamie and Katie.

Fraser first stood for Parliament for Aberdeen North in October 1974, but was beaten by Labour's Robert Hughes.


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