The son of the Very Revd John Fraser MBE who was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1958–59, Charles Annand Fraser was born on 16 October 1928 at Humbie in East Lothian, Scotland, and educated at the former Hamilton Academy.
Charles Fraser was to continue his studies at the University of Edinburgh, graduating MA and LLB.
He was also non-executive Vice-Chairman of United Biscuits (Holdings) between 1986 and 1995 and Chairman of the banks Morgan Grenfell (Scotland) and Adam and Company.
[1][2] In 1991, Fraser was appointed Chairman of Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise, part of the Scottish Enterprise network, a post he held until 1994, from which year, to 1997, he served as Chairman of the Secretary of State for Scotland's Advisory Committee on Sustainable Development.
[7] He was also appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for East Lothian in 1984[2][8] and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1993.