Thomas Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat

He was the 21st Chief MacShimidh of Clan Fraser of Lovat, succeeding to the title of his distant cousin, the 11th Lord Lovat, who had been attainted and executed as a Jacobite in 1747.

Born on 17 June 1802, he was the son of Amelia (née Leslie) Fraser and Alexander Fraser, 9th of Strichen, a Captain of the 1st Dragoon Guards who died on 28 October 1803, shortly after his birth.

[3] His maternal grandparents were John Leslie, 22nd Baron of Balquhain and the former Violet Dalzell.

He notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Inverness from 1853 to 1873 and was made a Knight of the Thistle in 1865.

The couple had three daughters and four sons:[9][10] Lord Lovat died in June 1875, aged 73, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Simon.