Angus McKay Fraser KCB TD FSA (10 March 1928 – 27 May 2001) was a senior British Civil Servant politician and cabinet minister from 1979 until 1992, and a lifelong scholar of Gypsies, and of the author George Borrow.

[3] He remained in post after Margaret Thatcher was succeeded by John Major, finally retiring in 1992.

[6] On his retirement from the Cabinet Office, Fraser largely devoted himself to his long-standing scholarly interests.

Shortly after Fraser retired he published The Gypsies,[7] a succinct account based on decades of study.

[citation needed] He also found time to advise politicians inexperienced in public administration, varying from the leaders of the African National Congress, to the British Labour Party of Tony Blair.