James Fraser was a Scotland international rugby union player.
[4] He became the first full time medical officer to the Hull Education Authority.
He was also very involved with the youth of the city, and was a chairman of the local Young People's Institute.
[6] He was the eldest son of Evan Fraser (1826–1906), a Scottish doctor from Duddingston; and Sarah Hewat (born 1829) from Portobello.
He died in the Victoria Nursing Home in 1943, leaving £7,511 and 2 shillings in his estate.