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Alexander Fraser

1802 – 1888

Australian businessman and politician in colonial Victoria

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Lived 1802 – 1888 (aged 86). Alexander Fraser was a politician.

Alexander Fraser (2 January 1802 – 20 August 1888) was an Australian businessman and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.

Fraser was born in Aldourie, Inverness-shire, Scotland, eldest of the ten children of John Fraser, a farmer and Free Church elder, and his wife Ann, née Fraser. The ship, however, put in at Hobart, Tasmania (then called Van Diemen's Land), and he decided to stay there, which he did until 1852, when he visited Victoria and decided to settle there. representing the Government in the Council (Upper House). He was principally known as the plaintiff in an action which he brought against The Age (Melbourne) in 1878 for damages for a libel contained in an article reflecting on his conduct towards a deceased brother who had died in England in indigent circumstances. He recovered £250. Fraser died in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia on 20 August 1888.

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Member of the Victorian Legislative Council

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Who was Alexander Fraser?

Australian businessman and politician in colonial Victoria (1802–1888)

When was Alexander Fraser born?

Alexander Fraser was born on 2 January 1802.

When did Alexander Fraser die?

Alexander Fraser died on 20 August 1888 in St Kilda.

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Alexander Fraser was a politician.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Alexander Fraser

· Wikidata: Q16062711

· DBpedia: Alexander Fraser (Victorian politician)

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