About Alexander Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun
Lived 1886 – 1979 (aged 93). Alexander Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun was a British politician.
Alexander Arthur Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun, (8 March 1886 – 31 August 1979), styled Master of Saltoun until 1933, was a Scottish peer who was one of the longest-serving representative peers, serving in the House of Lords from 1935 to 1963.
Biography He was the eldest son of Alexander Fraser, 19th Lord Saltoun, and Mary Helena Grattan-Bellew, sister of Sir Henry Christopher Grattan-Bellew, 3rd Baronet.
On 8 June 1920, he married Dorothy Geraldine Welby and they had two children:
Alexander Simon Fraser, Master of Saltoun (1921–1944), killed in action in the Second World War Flora Marjory Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun (18 October 1930 – 3 September 2024)
He died at Cross Deep, his home in Twickenham, aged 93.
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Lord of Parliament (1886-1979)
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Alexander Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun was born on 8 March 1886.
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Alexander Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun died on 31 August 1979.
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Alexander Fraser, 20th Lord Saltoun was a politician.
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