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Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun
British noble

Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun

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British noble
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Edinburgh
Age
94 years
Family
Father:
Alexander Ramsay of Mar
Spouse:
Alexander Ramsay of Mar
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Biography

Marjorie Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun (born 18 October 1930) is a Scottish peer. Until her retirement on 12 December 2014, she was the only holder of a lordship of Parliament who had a seat in the House of Lords as an elected hereditary peer. Lady Saltoun is the Chief of the Name and Arms of Clan Fraser since 1 May 1984, by decree of the Court of the Lord Lyon. She is also the head of the Scottish lowland family, the Frasers of Philorth.

Life

Flora Fraser was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, as the daughter of Alexander Fraser and Dorothy Geraldine Welby. Her maternal grandfather was Charles Glynne Earle Welby, 5th Baronet. She had an elder brother, Alexander Simon Fraser. In 1933, her father became the 20th Lord Saltoun. Her brother was killed in 1944, making Flora heir presumptive to the Lordship.

In 1979, when Lord Saltoun died, Flora became the 21st Lady Saltoun, and also gained a seat in the House of Lords. In 1999, because of the House of Lords Act 1999, 662 hereditary peers were removed from the House. However, Lady Saltoun was one of the ninety hereditary peers who were elected to remain in the House.

On 6 October 1956 at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Lady Saltoun married Alexander Ramsay of Mar (1919–2000), a grandson of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, keeping her maiden surname after marriage.

Saltoun's children are:

  • The Hon. Katharine Fraser, Mistress of Saltoun (born Katharine Ingrid Mary Isabel Ramsay (11 October 1957), Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire since 2005; married Mark Nicolson (b. 24 September 1954)
    • Louise Alexandra Patricia Nicolson (2 September 1984); married, on 25 May 2013, Charles Morshead. They have one son:
      • Rory Thomas Malise Morshead (27 May 2015)
    • Juliet Victoria Katharine Nicolson (3 March 1988) married Simon Alexander Rood on 11 July 2015
    • Alexander William Malise Fraser (5 July 1990)
  • The Hon. Alice Elizabeth Margaret Ramsay (8 July 1961); married David Alan Ramsey (b. 17 September 1960).
    • Alexander David Ramsey (17 December 1991)
    • Victoria Alice Ramsey (7 April 1994)
    • George Arthur Ramsey (28 September 1995)
    • Oliver Henry Ramsey (28 September 1995)
  • The Hon. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Ramsay (15 April 1963)


Titles

  • 18 October 1930 – 19 June 1933: Miss Flora Fraser
  • 19 June 1933 – 1944: The Honourable Flora Fraser
  • 1944 – 31 August 1979: The Mistress of Saltoun
  • 31 August 1979 –present: The Rt Hon. The Lady Saltoun

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