Alasdair Fraser

Sir Alasdair MacLeod Fraser (29 September 1946 – 16 June 2012) was a Scottish-born Northern Irish lawyer. He served as Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland from 1989 to 2010.

Early life Fraser was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 29 September 1946. He and his family moved to Northern Ireland in 1950. He studied law at Trinity College Dublin and undertook postgraduate studies at Queen's University Belfast.

Legal career Fraser was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1970 beginning his career as a barrister. The following year, in 1974, he was promoted to assistant director of Public Prosecutions. In the 2001 New Year Honours, he was made a Knight Bachelor 'for services to the Criminal Justice System'. He was knighted by Charles, Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace on 2 March 2001.

In 2006, he was awarded the Special Achievement Award by the International Association of Prosecutors for his role in prosecuting crimes in Northern Ireland during 30 years of The Troubles.