- Frasers of Muchalls
The Frasers of Muchal-in Mar, sometimes referred to as the Frasers of Muchalls, were a branch of the
Fraser family inScotland .In
1366 Thomas Fraser, a descendant of SirAlexander Fraser of Cornton brother of Sir Richard Fraser of Touch-Fraser, exchanged the lands inPetyndreich ,Stirlingshire for those ofKinmundy ,Aberdeenshire . His grandson Thomas exchanged the estate of Cornton for Stonywood and Muchalls in Aberdeenshire. It was presumably Thomas who erected thetowerhouse stronghold overlooking theNorth Sea , which is now known asMuchalls Castle , having undergone expansion by theBurnetts of Leys in 1617. His descendant, Andrew Fraser, who was created Lord Fraser in 1633, completedCastle Fraser in 1636. The title became extinct following the premature death in1716 of Charles, 4th Lord Fraser, a Jacobite who, while trying to escape from Government troops, fell over the cliffs atPennan , nearPeterhead .Castle Fraser , nearInverurie , Aberdeenshire, has been under the care of theNational Trust for Scotland since1976 .ee also
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* [http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-03/fraser04.html Frasers of Muchalls from Baronage Press]
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