William Fraser, of Fraserfield

He was the second of the two sons of William Fraser, 12th Lord Saltoun (1654–1715) and his wife Margaret (died 1734), daughter of James Sharp,[2] the Archbishop of St Andrews who was murdered by Scottish Covenanters in 1679.

Fraser was admitted as an advocate in 1713,[3] and in 1724 he married Lady Katherine Anne Erskine, daughter of the 9th Earl of Buchan.

In 1715, the election petition was promptly resolved against the returned Jacobite James Murray, and the pro-government John Campbell seated in his place.

[4] When the House of Commons debated Campbell's petition against Fraser in October 1722, it was expected to similarly oust the Jacobite.

[3] In April that year Fraser unsuccessfully contested the by-election in Linlithgow Burghs following the death of Daniel Weir.