- Katharine Fraser
Katharine Fraser, Mistress of Saltoun, DL (b.
11 October 1957 ) is the daughter of CaptainAlexander Ramsay of Mar and the Lady Saltoun.She was born Katharine Ingrid Mary Isabel Ramsay in
Edinburgh ,Scotland . She has two younger sisters: The Hon. Mrs. Alice Ramsey, who is married to David Ramsey (with four children), and the Hon. Elizabeth Ramsay.Their mother, Lady Saltoun, is the "suo jure" Lady Saltoun and the Chief of the name and arms of Fraser.
As the eldest daughter without any brothers, Fraser is the heiress-presumptive to the Chiefship and the Lordship held by her mother. Since one cannot become the chief of a clan without taking the clan's surname,
Lord Lyon King of Arms recognized her use of the surname Fraser in 1973.In February, 1980, the engagement between Fraser and Captain Mark Malise Nicolson (b.
29 September 1954 ) was announced. Fraser and Captain Nicolson married on3 May 1980 . They have three children:* Louise Alexandra Patricia Nicolson (formerly Fraser) (b.
2 September 1984 )
* Juliet Victoria Katharine Nicolson (b.3 March 1988 )
* Alexander William Malise Fraser (b.5 July 1990 )As Katharine's heir-apparent, Alexander bears the surname "Fraser." Louise also bore that surname until Alexander's birth. Fraser continues to use her maiden name after marriage.
On
20 April 2005 , Fraser was appointed aDeputy Lieutenant ofAberdeenshire .Ancestry
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1= 1. Katharine Fraser
2= 2.Alexander Ramsay of Mar
3= 3.Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun
4= 4.Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay
5= 5.Princess Patricia of Connaught
6= 6.Alexander Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun
7= 7. Dorothy Geraldine Welby
8= 8.John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie
9= 9. Ida Louisa Bennet
10= 10.Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
11= 11. Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
12= 12.Alexander Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun
13= 13. Mary Helena Grattan-Bellew
14= 14. Charles Glynne Earle Welby, 5th Baronet
15= 15. Maria Louisa Helen Hervey
16= 16.George Ramsay, 12th Earl of Dalhousie
17= 17. Sarah Frances Robertson
18= 18.Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville
19= 19. Olivia Montagu
20= 20.Albert, Prince Consort
21= 21.Victoria of the United Kingdom
22= 22.Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia
23= 23. Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt
24= 24. Alexander Fraser, 18th Lord Saltoun
25= 25. Charlotte Evans
26= 26. Thomas Arthur Bellew
27= 27. Pauline Grattan
28= 28. William Welby-Gregory, 4th Baronet
29= 29. Victoria Alexandrina Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie
30= 30. Augustus Henry Charles Hervey
31= 31. Mariana Hodnett
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