Sir William Kerr Fraser GCB (18 March 1929 – 13 September 2018)[2] was a British civil servant, who served as Permanent Secretary at the Scottish Office, and as Principal and later Chancellor of the University of Glasgow.
[3] In 1967, he became Assistant Secretary at the Regional Development Division, and in 1971 became Under-Secretary at the Scottish Home and Health Department.
[3] Sir William became Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow in 1988 and served in these posts until 1995.
They had three sons and one daughter,[3] and several grandchildren – one of whom is himself a former President of the Queen Margaret Union, Colum Fraser.
Sir William served as Governor of the Caledonian Research Foundation from 1990–99 and Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland from 1995–2000.