James Fraser Tytler

James Fraser Tytler of Woodhouselee WS FRSE (1780–1862) was a 19th-century Scottish lawyer and Depute to the Lord Lyon, dealing with heraldic matters.

He was born in or near Edinburgh on 9 October 1780, the son of the eminent judge, Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, and his wife, Ann Fraser of Balnain, and paternal grandson of William Tytler.

[3] At this stage he acted as legal advisor to the Scottish Tax Office at 12 North St David Street and lived in at 34 Charlotte Square, one of Edinburgh's most exclusive addresses.

In later life he shared legal chambers with his son at 19 Castle Street.

[7] They were parents to James Stuart Fraser Tytler WS.

The Grassmarket, with Edinburgh Castle above
The Fraser Tytler family vault, Greyfriars Kirkyard