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FRASER, JOHN HENRY, eldest son of William Fraser, Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; b. 6 May 1764; at Charterhouse Sch. Jun -Dec 1773; adm. 20 Jan 1774; left Jun 1775; Page of Honour to Queen Charlotte Apr 1773 –80; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 24 Nov 1779; Lieut. and Capt., 26 Apr 1782; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 25 Apr 1792; Lieut. -Col., 11th Foot 17 May 1796; Brevet Col., 3 May 1796 [check]; Brig. -Gen. (at Cape of Good Hope) 23 Feb 1797; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1801; present at OWW dinners at Calcutta 7 Feb 1801 and 22 Sep 1801 (Hickey, Memoirs, iv, 270-1, 494); commanded British forces at battle of Deeg 13 Oct 1804, defeating a Mahratta army commanded by the Rajah of Bhurtpore; m. 9 May 1785 Maria Anne, second dau. of Hon. Henry Hobart (qv); d. 25 Nov 1804, from wounds received at the battle of Deeg.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.